Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c509777618ffc67c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:37:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bd5e80a74156c0f8b0fb1d476bdc0b0e SHA-1: 9987ab40a5f42a1f48491c9821f21c73c971a044 SHA-256: c509777618ffc67c9dcf76d4967475f76b0b19d7632cfa56727f3c6f2ef3bdca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are identified as part of a link farm on disposable or compromised hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dresden+files+battle+ground+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/10574278534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-odincovo.ru/upload_picture/file/loxewopiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/31057073658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/dobemabepiniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/lokipokumurodeburozago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/lalupuwitoxuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/doxomudojifosijule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxplus.in/images/contentimages/files/72935003454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laweriganasebufulofiwudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investir-petroleo.pt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/porar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613149ce55397---31433946303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613964e7b3a8b---fudanerowene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangtaoad.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tuliniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/40478004938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/50438922472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-apartments.pl/data/pages/86422715438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f03e7b281---58221097108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/dakobeniwanajupimoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jljemc.com/upload/files/88068759544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exlite.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxapiwodefanixonezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letnipohar.cz/upload/file/labazumajexulozuviruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cfu9bc1efac9a9azfdsb7b9d1f0j.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoboxagujijufuzudimixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/90260172796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec63c0e5cdb061d093e30a595a508e8/zavesetob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000115c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012dd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DD3 19668 bytes
SHA-256: 1388659e3c91853ff509409c29313e6a03414644db69ec210e48ff9893ab44a1
font_02_sfnt_off00016129.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16129 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 23b46051e9e361dc39442ca248a2b8717703092b4b27aab6dec94053366f6945

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