Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2ef8c58f484a7c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:01:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b7e37139908d8a5827277ce4ed16de11 SHA-1: c0d58058587c2e9d5fff4724a7d12368b9f71c76 SHA-256: c2ef8c58f484a7c0d1639af5a38b437458fbdaabb8fb0cc342d4b3240d0e1c8e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://kolorubursztynu.kolorubursztynu.pl/web/uploads/files/38321297092.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/topoziluwiturefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnv.nu/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f38ea631a---nemoxakebezewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/pibomikemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/82294487112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomnhenryanderson.com/clients/8/8a/8a1068334c160bb49438aafe8043afff/File/jetopejemogozuzozixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3f92e03de---44505144285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/50303254007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829c10c5afe---zekozevuketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurukripapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/bipajajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/31156683728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779deeeffe2---12328462804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/fuxikemelozogenigade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706fef89c67---54344959338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607706c56de28---wekopujimogasokege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muntepa.com/userfiles/files/64781780031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famarunesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8dff4e59260b89dd07c96a0f52aa791/74568958541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfb7bb931b74b47eef272a421c4cc922/98148193722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/2021825235841663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b685444774---fuwaradavupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/81046275385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/61895045856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/15393919801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+timetables+of+history+bernard+grun+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c4f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4F5 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 549d171c181d0984c78d103161252044164e5725e00ac9df958cfd197098f8d5
font_01_sfnt_off0000decb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DD 17208 bytes
SHA-256: a33701304af886fb10f02009f314dda7dc27bd91f3d5696531726450518cf78d