Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c976fc6d6a60349d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-10-09 00:14:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: 01d655d23b8b4ed4177b13daeb0beaee SHA-1: 413337e0e1ac8e7374b6aa6a03b5fd643f520bf9 SHA-256: c976fc6d6a60349da25e36d42a2904e927d6b9c8d87701c9ffb5dae80c6ab3fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classifiers also flagged it as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mewukebilarewajewosasifo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://border-collie.ru/sites/default/files/file/rowugoxadasobedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/92990290981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/45723793019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2a06906df---23655150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615720c3cbfae---nebukoxiritosogefelusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents/files/bedoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikhospital.com/ck_uploads/uploads/files/58612486777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pro9apps.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/94630156812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvazikowesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charolais-hessen.de/write/userfiles/file/pugapupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/45013175338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/podapoguremebidakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1104730ce7787c98a3edf793106a3cc/vurumebifizutixarebak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majbrno.cz/uploads/files/85175998191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butyfarm.mm520.net/userfiles/files/gitanija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/tutababipikiguxujefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinhviht.com/images/newtech/files/pikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polins.org/public/userfiles/file/metevokobijoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614214ef5612c---20195777102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://image.dlib.vn/libedu/news/bvu/20210921/file/genulezobovekozonidipefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/86885565839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/pesixovamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/selofigugepujotonigumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=is+a+song+italicized+or+in+quotesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB09A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8AC 14648 bytes
SHA-256: 60d149d1896eb6a185eb863b1c71c67e259d8de341ee98eb5c4894c550cfe930
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5B 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 9691015bfe31f7ae5bbf9b1115310f914475c1bbe1656ef44da1dfaaaee74f8a