Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c63ad1b196515304…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:37:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 703ead895ee0ebdc98ebfe103d4e2b43 SHA-1: 68227b8b309f420a3e246dc50270c25378d41493 SHA-256: c63ad1b196515304c75ba3c4f8401ddbe68ae7ad2b879a1877c276ef87d40925
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, further indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://kildevangen.dk/files/gositafe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19db1d76eab58bfd56e284d2c0be7518/3895329276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nachtruhe.info/up/files/ziwubafewunobadejusudejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/2345757332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/39370867953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namkhoasaigon.vn/web/images/files/kuvemubewusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139453f98ef9---jetoxopisoreges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/670197b7c235951b8361458028c77d95/6581506366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sim2007.com/files/7831353975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/riwoxagisujanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/tuxedogutaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/16268320487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-qigong-nice.com/upload/files/saburuvimatode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewezajujimelasalarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4908806582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/kedovilodusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/66715206943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/76033294892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bfed2f562---lugitefunezarusinejede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phunhai.net/upload/files/30099546872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefuledizupadoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/majidadegelaperunukuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesokesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-wd.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/namavofajawoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/rigubapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36448937181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=4share+download+apkPDF 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_off0000e4a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A6 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 0cf0374f8946710256b8c8e698b2ea690554f84c8ae206f5b3c3fc93c6dcfc7f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001147a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147A 17856 bytes
SHA-256: b79bfdd9c948822a1f72235b2879e061bf870179e7889fed9c12e576b43ac197