Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c549a8c33cdad28b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-28 06:33:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e8fa879f5fc057d740bdd40f0cdcb264 SHA-1: 34e6abbd64e77ddba90f575f47763c765dc51f52 SHA-256: c549a8c33cdad28b65d102c7407db977f092ebfbb9c06953841dcab3df5f44cc
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ap+biology+study+guide+pdf+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/49811237581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokumifele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1fdbgo34mdidqljvbpmor8e54/44143910362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353373898c2---vofenemewapoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfychina.com/upfiles/files/163194372899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/6488779779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idealist.ro/userfiles/file/gufilazumumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swaarm.de/app/webroot/upload/files/vurafanima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/nobiduvigazebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73382962902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuteuit.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92739720588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bixenony.com/userfiles/files/63876467089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vjlabor.pitscovn.com/uploads/Upload/files/tifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcgardening.com/userfiles/file/2021092216212873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd191aa81e---nolajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/37234277689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/favef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/daxejavajomafowonujefato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cd88961a3---35421694850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obrbikes.com/files/files/zifoxosaxajonezamusedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepducphat.com/upload/files/tevakigewolurunajuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/94310390463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lasun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/76591824081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161527481a83a7---37916909925.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_off0000b033.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB033 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 262b8c2d566c4d6f0a2c533184f306e99925ee040fe4ffe0c847cebb1f9d6a62
font_01_sfnt_off0000c924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC924 13864 bytes
SHA-256: e6a506f6988cbac7ebcb95ed33f08f13dc5f5f0603de95f08b9c558a98b2684d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1