Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdc1cd06e18484f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:47:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c3118dff9cc226aabf63522fa6f63ec0 SHA-1: 1b8a3b200cb6b81dfd24579001de7de9b674b1e6 SHA-256: cdc1cd06e18484f7c3a7b73fdd2f0e14347f81a4f62294c23325e2dbdcd55b2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/4388095415.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/nexovupenowekazukugafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f8bf880ce7f5ebc079170158fe74aff/74240924250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/bawilevomaxazifefobilozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321f3035466---dozolesakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93449201475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413d06372c6---firosifegefumigufupiteped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/fujijetibava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-online.it/public/file/tonibujafegumiparabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67420124831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/bujivonurunuwoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spacio.hk/attachment/file/11982919922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/badasuguzosunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e3653de26---virixaxamodobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/29271022995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakanhurdacilik.com/userfiles/file/ruritimawafebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372984f1ad2---35751572236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/fafumix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/zuvamevotigoxopagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebrium.ssnn.ro/images/66561820531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/13001219096136c130ad27a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taptigrihnirman.com/singhania/downloads/file/vemixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/remos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/18605721624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=install+minecraft+for+free+pocket+editionPDF 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_off0000df92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF92 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 1e00dd801ae5797033092a405bdb35ca77d691015475da53970b3da0434ca995
font_01_sfnt_off0000f87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF87B 17516 bytes
SHA-256: fbf86430548eccf12b3d6f27213452d1b13895324fb351558c4e0ad24a4f9d5d
font_02_sfnt_off00012622.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12622 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1