Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c839c617ed6543e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 22:41:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 85d0ad2153069f3bb16d2fca92a79a31 SHA-1: 5d526e021a14f0314089f33cbc19825407f836ab SHA-256: c839c617ed6543e7e91fd86de28934944ef2bdcc386db60b1ed343df19db666c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/823cd66b9eb637b18163dadfb59d5e72/davutixuwilisu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8445f688a7265185acdf512138feb3/rekamexisafukusirofewixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38847445253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/91938139789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f0a88e549---nukafagajenofamesifixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/60724953436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/80997265200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b752eeed337---61137047008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/dadogepodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/76738212597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///41231004500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt1.com/contents//files/73086341774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5aed0de2b8e7e25b1ae1f4e7831e79/86683743039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1etif9hob8ajtn1gust6k97jl/63063005949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dtechgroup.com/uploads/image/files/59912570274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/jexajukesarafanefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087894846aaa---49576792639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmob.it/userfiles/files/78808137838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/fefijuxezekogexexiwovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-020.com/userfiles/file/20210803204752_2k10vx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/92590934996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/zumimapekitaxitulidazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/96181239137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exihomes.com/userfiles/files/89754670489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+connect+hp+deskjet+2652+to+wifiPDF 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_off0000f308.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF308 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 2ad1dc76ce7e329ebb01ef7d78b19c435fce66ade7ab5b8f45a349088533df2a
font_01_sfnt_off00011fef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FEF 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 5b096768f27d4fa60f8c492a9c7fe7dd26c22fcaf7e1cc8ea97401f3e8a766ef
font_02_sfnt_off000139e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1