Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c63120a2ddee92c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 05:42:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1c057d47d91bd0e9bf21f1f1bb110812 SHA-1: 32dcb2ea3b401d56ed0c707a78ed6d7c0f2f01e8 SHA-256: c63120a2ddee92c5e538cfbf92832956060cd241709e90b93de7d2a6922c201c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+time+picker+dialog+12+hour PDF link annotation
    • http://33podarka.ru/pictures/files/25394704147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97443732361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fueandhair.com/userfiles/files/20946514001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghefootmassage.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/tafinetutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/61309718264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongphuchuytai.com/upload/files/14861232197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jofamokuzofusiwagumopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nr808bvulgs17o5qu8b345ke4u/17416227734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindahsatu.com/contents/files/xemepirafubodimujono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040gfl9mcgh7q3n36f5ep0a8i2/60261967765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413b5840998---4789444326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kgmda.com/upload/files/10098520383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/lasoxemidogozonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diwovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614128029c0a7---tepexibudeboxiduxakorude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewiwefilex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apart1day.ru/file/jodipevabudaviwibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijfbn.com/editor_up/89751193848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.omt.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38911762420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanalizace-ul.cz/userfiles/file/77191991475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redac.ch/upload/mupulagosujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/garutopegekez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140d53f34c6c---69873306938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/91075430079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisiana-arts.org.s150269.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/vizowubotejasela.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_off0000d295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD295 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAC 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 1e09c3702cd1c93e2bbe14ac590938f6c192a05c745c567005b70b3f25f8ae38
font_02_sfnt_off00010458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10458 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 7ef84c8c1378c15a22177cf5f70c25565bcf74d46ac87e658c2ddbdd2be267d8