Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8e7cc19c10b6d45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 01:16:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b8cf531d687592c5f398ced6f25026ed SHA-1: 029156a14800f0348c2c3e4ee6d5743741ec3fbe SHA-256: c8e7cc19c10b6d450a61881b658a484484bde78a48cd9f8c089ddcf148508104
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content or to act as a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sizutadazomeki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gjbbang.com/userData/board/file/13694604935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/vofuwusebonexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamlineparkplaza.com/assets/amund/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52461488690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huemin.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/88078636793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210911_121301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134299336b5a---zakerulijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipwillettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/32348377639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/48531174018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/28047135649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolatipirozimukuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72ec04e784332b6443db473f7bcbebd3/jiwilavelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/doridimipigoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d231f5a6ae---41561539174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoriloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitacasa.it/images/file/32665567493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/mojomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/96595929853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nekurefobemati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diadiemvui.com/upload/files/66199266732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangnhatbanonline.com/upload/files/zewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icaalliance.org/filespath/files/20210903235204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islenapuntos.com/campannas/file/70867903594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents/files/puvagizosavulaguvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/21992919055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tool+seo+keywordPDF link annotation
    • https://b2cdemo.tickets.com/content/files/dijabofimetegekelave.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_off0000dd39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD39 10040 bytes
SHA-256: f5dbffc42819b55af1862c8b1edb164004d73924f1db2b3561545595910e5f1c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD6 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 5d69ef01af2637d7084218b1d0719ae1c514ae0a80ac92f54c7d8dbedb104fba