Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c800dbe0cf382688…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:20:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 97cd7fd734451a1164924275f2a91edf SHA-1: 11d18c8465bb7787fe0740c9d142ed42e46866c8 SHA-256: c800dbe0cf3826885bca6dc897a08639b161830b4cd315162b07ff39c5ea1ba2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cara+block+ads+di+google+chrome+android
    • https://emailing-online.fr/uploads/userfiles/file/zelijebugevusofevuwofaku.pdf
    • http://seattleteriyaki3.com/uploads/files/dawera.pdf
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80510119458.pdf
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33729055877.pdf
    • http://esipro.be/userfiles/file/8168253671.pdf
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/5413074064.pdf
    • http://teknis.it/userfiles/files/60464755749.pdf
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15105838262.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374e430f9c6---dugotakap.pdf
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/xabixaxuxosejogegoti.pdf
    • https://wasael.com/userfiles/file/rigabew.pdf
    • https://pasifikendustriyel.com/userfiles/file/jiwitemokigejopofesodi.pdf
    • http://xn--9i1b14lzokxjcrti5um.com/upload/fckeditor/file/84170066168.pdf
    • http://share-world.tw/userfiles/file/dazitorenanive.pdf
    • http://baltyk.recykling-rejs.pl/imgturysta/files/25960091258.pdf
    • http://crimesla.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51542920897.pdf
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dbdbfa8cb7---gupawusarezofotirelenev.pdf
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/66704004075.pdf
    • http://archbot.pl/files/file/86421846760.pdf
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/pusilarasikusado.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137df3550e59---73751553770.pdf
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/57659771039.pdf
    • http://mwcapital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizobuw.pdf
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/furomijitunojovedir.pdf
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxelixu.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_off00012f8f.bin
51511933cb1e3bdcbd3c786d926cfa5dc4f556f619071289c4b841e23aca631b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8F 18136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00015f5e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F5E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00017775.bin
db9e05c19c6e24fb46600f1a92e46703ec1548c5a4c7dea9f11a53ea9b7a6a98
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17775 10984 bytes