Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7d2c0da14cda2ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 04:04:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1bfe5d0b1ad4774c46eee30c435c799f SHA-1: ec9fb17c224a8e62faeccacb72569dc6958d555e SHA-256: c7d2c0da14cda2ea4922c5a57bf487bee07cf075e2828dfdee613f0341c0d683
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The PDF also contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to download further malware or engage in phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+bouncemasters+mod+apk
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ad3f527af---76084124395.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1aa392950c---49884632673.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4761308419---fiwuvubujaronitulowiv.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90bcdb519c55259163cf6e26e092a70e/90543974598.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72b1770de6---38197853970.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec77553ca4---60924713303.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d16m38ga865g8hsrt4fe1bdup/26308113330.pdf
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/wagozepeduf.pdf
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/kelofavagediditupix.pdf
    • https://www.naturartshop.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxaxu.pdf
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basog.pdf
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/75009970168.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/75061542833.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af72a467ec7---86314852879.pdf
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6723996969.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bebec640dc---59805310458.pdf
    • http://kfbi.ru/content/file/lixujejaboxawe.pdf
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/15386246231.pdf
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/tozafotegoditidosep.pdf
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88130977741.pdf
    • http://alpinedelhi.com/userfiles/files/kegilo.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0f26ac15f5---59109020956.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_off0000f4fa.bin
08abf8ac94f85bc5531863f92d98744480433ecd79e47355e526c2a050d94c16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FA 17404 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001227b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a92.bin
254ecab31deede9074d9dcacd5b1db292545f182c44909d95910ef6d655baece
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A92 11004 bytes