Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c30c154134d87718…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1c084ce48483a0a1b7c5a328ee223158 SHA-1: db0be0e349b6205b2e364041459f15bdcd3c1764 SHA-256: c30c154134d877186a3969e5986725b04885877c39d4bcadf3667d5b7eccd00b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=task+killer+apk
    • https://phongkhamtamthan.net/uploadeditor/files/34610558229.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7b5062b4fdf63f5403b4f62c3e1b965/bebirebevi.pdf
    • https://santaclara.com/wysiwygfiles/file/96121287663.pdf
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/39037160845.pdf
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/520015604.pdf
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/xijesosowizuli.pdf
    • https://paeonia.ch/userfiles/files/lodefi.pdf
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/49505093589.pdf
    • https://globalcircle.club/userfiles/file/7371348797.pdf
    • http://refinerlink.com/userfiles/file/taxadoxavexisuxexijen.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p02t649ukrl0houmlj7ncigtba/jiviwuluva.pdf
    • http://georgewongdesign.com/gwd/upload/files/76457126516.pdf
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/2109151008228906266s0n13h641dy.pdf
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/84567383472.pdf
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/koravupabuwemubavobewugo.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d08ac7944---gubewaxumile.pdf
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/vulomitilofupomuwuxok.pdf
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/76844572993.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144053b0a10f---xigixewowenis.pdf
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/witufopa.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137877abef7e---14181654537.pdf
    • https://mantyobras.com/userfiles/file/49763618692.pdf
    • https://drhuanghair.com/uploads/files/202109031558122702.pdf
    • http://k3projekt.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/mitarigowerubuginu.pdf
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/rugabawiv.pdf
    • http://sarkanyhajo.hu/files/file/34439428717.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bfc6.bin
77853981431dbff0a930710b4aacec866f867a173f3425f9a1986a4714a7d550
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFC6 9976 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5fe.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee10.bin
e1043bf35c55db85921e4d46b329adc9efea891be7dd96555635e30a0a90e9cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE10 16752 bytes