Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c972884b8436fda6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:15:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e5a3b4286cfdb8bb04899d9076d7c3be SHA-1: 95b834e7645c67df42d432a73c2f268f6fe0bfbb SHA-256: c972884b8436fda60a384b7a5697d3f081ef875a5cab762d27527ad99983ac04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF viewers or redirecting users. The numerous external URIs point to compromised CMS upload storage and link farms hosted on disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+dogs+eat+raw+shrimp
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec00e81bb5cd80e61e7f4b3c5ae0cf8/vunojapitemozexavez.pdf
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70871739603.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e61ed32f6---23446319749.pdf
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/vitegebigudejam.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f65dc1e721cc7e3068920835723c469/38612850889.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae02b3b5e98---87328511045.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d2408e22522c614f89f172b9ccb6132/febowekeri.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dfed6ab36---48199960745.pdf
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106181653578348097d38y8.pdf
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/89455108915.pdf
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883625dd4a4---lavedisobetot.pdf
    • http://sassyissy.com/survey/userfiles/files/14927361487.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d0759a1d6---zakowasifodonugizibijolo.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/385mhbg6ifll3sll4jtfoh5ku7/xixesigugupinozosivuk.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607563ac450e8---45538285309.pdf
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/12310691498.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608410bec0b26---1998852294.pdf
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/81098016959.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747ebd10c5c---kunizebutevopuzowubu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e954.bin
fd4dcdfc3bce6e3314fe69c4131a40df0f69d3e9bdbfb564660c7c728308c140
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE954 10908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010245.bin
b332a3997f86395ddd7962ccc5c19420329e21026d277331df18e06921d486f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10245 16760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d8b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D8B 16792 bytes