Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8c49e1252f3ad46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:26:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 5bd1af665b7d5e02d833f3a018b71eb2 SHA-1: 471bf28e9a4064ffd7cd295b05eab43893beed58 SHA-256: c8c49e1252f3ad46e27eea00b3d40448ac1f3fecdef98305b1c4124e566174d4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. The document also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to download an encrypted file, a common tactic to bypass security scanners.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=remove+passcode+from+android PDF link annotation
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84748846706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/53211059989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/88606253314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/gekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/75409101882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmaga.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/52630447252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addisonplaza.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/6071361997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/93349469124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://punaide.com/userfiles/files/xabinam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/14414334692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/34785502621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b832814e37398f3660ce3e6ad82f0e/60940874600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uqnsq6veb1vq707es8ojkiiis/84873653277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12090851472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikunagodokiveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specializedfacilitymgt.com/public_html/userfiles/file/83298269193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otpetye.com/images/shared/file/pefuvasasekufubedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqffpo2mk2mdl69ohmivi8tgr0/5252235212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/37473847239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/40147815759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madang.eu/f_pds/fck/file/nefojetujoxokepupuvobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/72511019801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd46dd9b6c---14144166264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/1706838879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reformedgeneration.com/userfiles/file/dewiguxawomupuzepided.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_off0000df51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF51 18060 bytes
SHA-256: e4cbb5cc8328d01680412772571b60c3562e576983f794a97c8ed538de4c7ae7
font_01_sfnt_off00010dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DDA 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 5c8686117c48b995eb009407a2bedd37a71ac13d5c3c1bb4cd44121ab6218fbb
font_02_sfnt_off0001268e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1268E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1