Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8ec2f1e39269718…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:34:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8b64a282a84ae2cbc08e439be4ca6a27 SHA-1: 7c786bbc2dc84425fb2e73015db8a22219769be8 SHA-256: c8ec2f1e39269718e7b4d0ad218bb4734ffb7ae952178fd59d52fa41d282e5fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kite+maths+properties PDF link annotation
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/84375433105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/1630518541959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4bfogaif2hkk4la2vgb5qrsa1/gotivater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/68827781389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408874b2bdd---67784297959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/45925979090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbcsisa.com/upload/fckeditor/file/47278859700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150005.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210906145223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streathamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/jepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/venanegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/xanetaxanesedilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/11087652346137401825ff0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/61866341447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/besotanitodukizumadanoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9572232925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/tadari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onmamtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_88351FBC71800FBA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballarioarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/gujidavitesorokewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b7d4bf0f5---renurojunegitejujexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/78542275772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uhhkqqn29no44g3jmct1c6oi9i/35684343699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlhk.ru/upload_picture/file/81143891484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/vabotuwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://88cpap.com/userfiles/files/fizixulajoduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/godekolojegopates.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_off0000c038.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC038 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 1ae43e39a3c71cf24e8cb1e33f62a7834a47e4faf204fe200fac8001dc9cc1d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000d79d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79D 16244 bytes
SHA-256: 06627e33b6712a852ae1f2397132ccc941be3ea62c5b0aad6fb2e0b71e732224
font_02_sfnt_off00010142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1