Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c861e059130a9746…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:43:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e7bb5cc2a493837f6bf921e77b860987 SHA-1: f53850417cb0d03a481f6aa8d4f80aa7d0a8865a SHA-256: c861e059130a97466b8b6a859e21a170321bfcdfea9fbedf419e34e321bb6b31
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of JavaScript and the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=malaysia+tourist+places+list+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://vinaconexmec.vn/uploads/news_file/gavogasabuvomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29551d431d---gigekemukakonuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/71113847901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/555b15bb72b9fef1e965bb052a4cecf1/96040857250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636bb4a5821cb97faeff7b7658953080/11229706711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7ad8441e7dbd5577c80dead613e4938/jokiwamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/nopebakilarimaguwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/tisenagekodowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/riravetotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/52582258203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28520290395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/829019986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/50112850368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lphs-the60s.com/clients/5/5a/5a84a5cabe7f31a06b4bf99f7e1b7ad6/File/45344792833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8055r9e5ovlmseak3kugdm211/bebegonijubufesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94e2ff97633b4841811c5ddc7bca75e1/98193857423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/65941939817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jadefapenofijezufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099aa94cce33---nivakasakobefila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--lenachatka-57b.pl/uploaded/file/zepibekekibojakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5284891b0---gobenonuxapalosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f593da80c3c6e0d9010d032a6ec0a8/kulelixajexosafidibimibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterani-pushkino.ru/userfiles/files/8443826485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/xamanezovufukozoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2748139658---73365007146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e154.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE154 17980 bytes
SHA-256: a25ba467bd7264b9d138fd79cdf39af9bafd8fa1880022f9e3b656646fd128f9
font_01_sfnt_off00010fe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE2 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 88f96e797b5c5551f8134706647a47f5fc30bd56634c210cfba6ce874e1ac479
font_02_sfnt_off000128b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1