Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c84ebe36385c2ce5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-10-11 10:20:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2b5f6663eedb33f43b34e75fde9120da SHA-1: d7414507fb8fed8aadf668120f352298a064048e SHA-256: c84ebe36385c2ce5b695bdffa400a97fa1dc589564ff5c0b35ac887d9a3c1769
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, with several heuristics indicating a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to harmful content. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/680p8qvrl702ffo9v4td12r8tt/nefedusapusulutok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezajerenuvux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/file/67893592488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/85967924132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/17209141493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021101019512588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingchucontrol.com/Uploadfiles/files/26492618528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155ce7768e89---wemaxarugenewiruwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417d0d0091b---96024702368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/49537820823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derp74.fooden.com/UserFiles/files/duturajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodiwolowukigajikip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santehsevast.ru/userfiles/files/takafokokivever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/70398476080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/37372339885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qatarsecurityservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/zabuwaxetikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/kiximeriwizurasove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torgoborud.org/images/file/38333334083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naso10.com/userData/board/file/jovufejezaxiwosuweweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/nitodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1615e77a858210---15680460374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021100910323843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khmernative-rice.com/userfiles/file/nomonafijodebuzelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/60578051654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=best+word+to+pdf+converter+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d1c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C6 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 9cc08b4a99a8aa7faf8a88c12e4a4e968b824c254248a8bea019fb8372e0b5cc
font_01_sfnt_off000100a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A5 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 41734338a15b7bad5a48f224f623ad85ffba32247c8873b925a427d0e6b937b5
font_02_sfnt_off000119b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1