Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6ea074d1bbdafea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:46:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a74a8ba35f11dfff2f438560bd2c4a8d SHA-1: 8e0fb73f45d7c941d3f968669b5eed1c8fc9c2fb SHA-256: c6ea074d1bbdafea29b8f52ed7d9f9e6d4e554a01dcf8e0bec1f3714df70b4e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://caraudioshop.ro/mm/file/58423277558.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/14136253449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210813074539185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/47109308210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/gevumozugalutowudotevot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096809ce80b5---nenipevatusobasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethanybaptistcolumbus.org/clients/75549/File/dipakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/36138334379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/kekizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismo-galicia.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97495016336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/4492898779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f87e38e972---66597117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b93c3e206a---31968743683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210720_022914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mkt2qk9nkd6ontesa9fi0shcv/nazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/51864398198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2urq8isqbv8rve45b3l7f3af1i/tijomopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a113bb4af4954d8e0b8e8cc5ed16a16/lewowofexubepeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/82994755177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/81864151295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bedb101b2611d7a1a47abe7087f4e1e8/tenivizawilumavelamufadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba81a961b82ee224cdcc404594caf9b/bikebifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxodukojewefenarifusesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyline64reunion.com/clients/e/ec/ec378541aa9b73e2b99de5ca5545ec21/File/saraveraxakedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=tic+toc+choc+couperin+pdfPDF 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_off0000efaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFAA 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 55d6fbc90b3dba9d878b87106ecced44c75e255910df933cd152a31ec06f3089
font_01_sfnt_off00010724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10724 19152 bytes
SHA-256: ff6685b3be97415e96ca8d15d8a665f7ec4dd89f2df85b31528e714fa25f2efa
font_02_sfnt_off00013934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13934 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1