Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c386eac317b0d2ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:51:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 01b6e78031a10d700d80faf5d2f22e33 SHA-1: 26e86dc411334d0d4bf406f6c5e5d0e997f5f35c SHA-256: c386eac317b0d2ff1f8fa2ef5c69084407d06dfd3acec27830fcd60fb4e89ab7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous external URIs, many pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/bugulafadoredevegezizox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a72be22beb375fd1ebaf99be5a00fdee/dasumodetibadukawitidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/vazaresigazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariancozma.com/_user/file/69736055763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joomlacode.org/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/img.php?file=file/27619426984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shamayachts.com/upload/file/vaxefidesanobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60466479295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/19938133302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://receptlap.hu/files/sekolazunuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemtron-vostok.ru/media/file/33295936437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebillionbottom.com/business_school/uploads/file/rovadimugidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/wutuwexamerizimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5385d6387---34987050332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-motorcycle.tw/upload/emotorcycle/files/wojelixuzixinavugisowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d09f32c7b3---42344194683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.in/userfiles/file/24102720296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/88252652414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/muvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urology-andrology.com/userfiles/file/46299883084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kftchem.com/upload/files/32019681260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/gebisogigerugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingbikeonline.com/images/upload/File/javagusexat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/74903460055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/97281138455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c12f1eab9---18090360942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+screenshot+snapchat+androidPDF 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_off0000da08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA08 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 6d96c257d2dfb148aa61420e88b1224cee3d650b93bc4a405d42e12fff8a542c
font_01_sfnt_off000106b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B8 10644 bytes
SHA-256: e602e8aa698d1898778e0bf3679972bb725b56c98f8bc998e1a3cecd45410c8d
font_02_sfnt_off00011f11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1