Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c984ccbeccba3226…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-22 22:49:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8f142615cef6bd31a7ef290e4dffa0c2 SHA-1: eb39e213513c4b19fdd6a9cff26e78448c82e0a5 SHA-256: c984ccbeccba3226b5a96f9eab93992ddbce1a3f12fabdcdec5df53030624d90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using link farms on potentially malicious infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lebewifowonuwisuluto.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437fed078b9---5735627531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/7442315115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/xisabojeruleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r78b8ths7426edlopg0ogep26g/xepotewoguratogogeliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/kaliwogoposuzatunifotugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralazoxiwobolizatogivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kprmk.pl/userfiles/file/pixewipexurobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/tenidopokasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kht.civilkozpont.hu/uploads/file/jidibemireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912205353625652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/devugipumaxurejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaitur.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67602742649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsfly.com/uploads/files/44538516630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kgmda.com/upload/files/regiwosefikemajifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/21065013901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclubburger.com/uploads/files/68921248441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belly.bpv.su/content/files/files/23620537910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/desiwazebejopuferu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/57939202647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://media-production.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/mesarukukumumatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automyjka.pl/automyjka.pl/userfiles/file/73741658790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149074ac3d04---49571928490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/rotewuvasupalasujuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=mia+khalifa+apkPDF 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_off0000d3ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3CE 9820 bytes
SHA-256: 18552bed61b497e32bc90bf51f1dcbf54720b83360da2db395b1f38dae90a67e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE963 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10175 18784 bytes
SHA-256: 340c942cd23d8e452748478215ec537e54e7c6efb8f10274c8fdd09b25d8d807