Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5cdfbace3801cd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 04:54:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e0740401c834d543268481371b095063 SHA-1: bfd70ee1cc77206cb1218f47131d0a52289e710c SHA-256: c5cdfbace3801cd13b4db285f526b5b6c4b93e4279e882650cabb6bb630dcaf0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://rayocazar.com/images/elfinder-1.1/files/file/14927921347.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://philboyd.com/zunusexufolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-22/20210922181454795564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/In PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/82399659890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143dddfa4140---bafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vip-cond.ru/userfiles/file/lozekekijumobewewirekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6b7eb0495de431bd731e60ecbb9492f/6854696087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chulatutoracademy.com/chulatutor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99391965914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preprod.app-nomads.com/ugecam/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63789267466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/1808024167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilipoupoli-drama.gr/lilipoupoli/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52383585006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gestionarival.com/userfiles/file/rijunetorivavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/63878850619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45374414131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65878415042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4btuhegr7u42dkkfv8nbm06iu/watisifuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/10509487968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukawijijedidunalezenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/pugezulevumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/65925503561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c82715d1983ea174981deb941f5314a/47494097899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents/files/wugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/nafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/26256608680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=i+like+you+synonymPDF 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_off0000b12f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB12F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC946 10164 bytes
SHA-256: a1ef7c45b2dd55c10394abf172355f82933baa7072faf1bf7f61373a2a37a0b5
font_02_sfnt_off0000dff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF3 16944 bytes
SHA-256: b5518c61e835bd14a1deba9f17311c0ac1797f244d5f2c5eee205729a9233a17