Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c652836a0d176a9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-08-21 03:52:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dc5a7f25c6b287e18f36b383a7ce60a4 SHA-1: ed123fccdb9ca157af77e5344770fecc2c96998c SHA-256: c652836a0d176a9e59ecdd6772d092833b326284d504c131ef9949e0db46eda5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/40675491602.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609825395e360---16982082202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4e254b271---44948790774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/mukokoritafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/lulifogol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizavacanze.com/userfiles/files/kezumujokukale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/bidotisoxejolelerutisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b66qen9q815aj93so92ihs9vim/75219386420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gnc8dq0e455d6sao38aaj9rl7/81466676213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/62189355353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd0098d467---26635427879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/susomalilikilibuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/743583106b1e03ab6cf0b0c47e044324/78460203456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a941b821b2---82576600035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d28cd8384a4b69hjj3k6ejpr03/18148117506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/90343057642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d660284d25deb18098920b65f2b35a09/43743042516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/77822516811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/44501617909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/79463531763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/komavedutumebemajolusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dea7c58d061---47200700154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sinners+of+saint+tome+1+pdf+ekladataPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e681.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE681 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE98 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 2c8443d53581180525a955cc20e1b207898b06e4f808d796c5c21dffb7d0b1b1
font_02_sfnt_off000117bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BB 16192 bytes
SHA-256: 97e3f73a58ccdd4784c9ae1678d9f90717e6b6d0c87c36bf93adb8865ef65ebd
font_03_sfnt_off00012d43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D43 20444 bytes
SHA-256: 8d586e9757ca1f4ac33da322c35e058ba087e8352d316d31dba5d9d51122a17f