Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c602f549d2acf44b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 15:35:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ec4d3b5bddb164a976fb6e41225b9b70 SHA-1: b9bd719e7027110c8c0c627e2bd78b81ec2ea47f SHA-256: c602f549d2acf44b831e4c53413169cb4ebdb2a5148c26ecb1facbf64d053539
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fun+things+to+do+in+survival+minecraft
    • http://lavalnerina.com/userfiles/file/fuzotexareze.pdf
    • http://sql110.com/pic/92299971455.pdf
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76619491857.pdf
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/77790112458.pdf
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/34085024647.pdf
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ga51h706d3l73s9e5ounpco2l1/poburopafumazuzelume.pdf
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/mubasusopuvenemudopaz.pdf
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/86234821946.pdf
    • https://johanbjerke.se/userfiles/file/lulibetibokod.pdf
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/tarafisapisoxinema.pdf
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/45676957743.pdf
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54286391942.pdf
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370e94cd9e6---49617909217.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1263c3da1---79640857483.pdf
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///29130683175.pdf
    • https://rais.bg/uploads/file/15017493263.pdf
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/natovob.pdf
    • http://thicongdiennuocmiennam.com/uploads/files/betemagiduzamituvupibi.pdf
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b0008da090---62560803785.pdf
    • http://auto4-spb.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/tixipe.pdf
    • http://ncfc.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88727804486.pdf
    • http://szjg.hu/images/file/fibufaxusovun.pdf
    • https://adikmanis.com/contents/files/wufelo.pdf
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/45511791402.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_off0000da87.bin
c7d551c2ed74dfb43ae12f3509cbbe2fa1fc0100cbf53668c7b700b435d2715c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA87 17788 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108aa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120c1.bin
0c5080e742e1e0ae7b2ac08411b30481b4204e485c4e89a47c7f23997b497a94
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C1 11068 bytes