Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cca50da5c46173cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-08-06 11:58:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 88c1976edf1f18026d5a35325c9dbe16 SHA-1: eb1ec74269ab3cba0ed7d025f348b821ddca7ab9 SHA-256: cca50da5c46173cf6feb63578fa417cd4cc087f7bed83719e54d7f9e27458a38
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 or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cuantos+tipos+de+sistema+econ%C3%B3mico+hay
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7edf39951324f174de75215a939f59b/72910505345.pdf
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/regiti.pdf
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/malozemijovidorozomeruzez.pdf
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/76614372257.pdf
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/pinovi.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb07d89dac0---kuladokezeji.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833adc4ab81---36864373687.pdf
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/12857858615.pdf
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/pupapaludezoli.pdf
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/jovunodazesiba.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed6168b31420f920f686fb57c6bb5d2f/texaku.pdf
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e3c52388ccf0aed4b58492406e1cb46/bulamazipafugadirezod.pdf
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/81661671684.pdf
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/bexej.pdf
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/40689133368.pdf
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisusijuzusupup.pdf
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/43985297129.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lnkv3noplh12a2tp452oehp57b/67255386067.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087938c36a5e---nolopusi.pdf
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/22587571878.pdf
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/77235675434.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9024cc5c4---gigoxixunubiturozazob.pdf
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/7239532473.pdf
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/77062213421.pdf
    • http://cloverpark1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a73a08bb68f643008adb5efbbb44e43/File/gutaburep.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa70.bin
e37906312720a40b9165df2d014a9161b04702a03bf05d90dcf38c5e8242369c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA70 17560 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000126b6.bin
fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B6 16164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c2c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C2C 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015443.bin
b7463071045cfac5558cd0c6ea33953b3f14e1fd82f768fdb3291c2d20ec47fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15443 11016 bytes