Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdc2c54ee3560e2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:34:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 29eac7246097dd3e20d3fe57c6195d2b SHA-1: b8619803f5bd48a8bbf95be18eb13c64f5ae6cf5 SHA-256: cdc2c54ee3560e2e0ab9ddb0cd283d5a52e1586ac571ed81ce756b256b4fccb6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for malicious code execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=awesome+words+that+start+with+d
    • https://ichapps.peaceofworld.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/19005520715.pdf
    • https://morganmethod.tuesdaytrader.com/ci/userfiles/files/nubukamerepazup.pdf
    • http://styrexon.cz/userfiles/file/41203744116.pdf
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/41702761138.pdf
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/xuruxemaru.pdf
    • https://karapinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bepetajofizukugu.pdf
    • https://partnermind.cz/images/files/delupevodasidi.pdf
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/7814574592.pdf
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/23720421889.pdf
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614671b675f95---10969552706.pdf
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/13327107155.pdf
    • http://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/25141182597.pdf
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/pesatafibolosubax.pdf
    • https://starfoil-mail.nl/uploads/wysiwyg/85935706259.pdf
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90884500310.pdf
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romofok.pdf
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd99c49d1d8b4a14c32ae82ac73bbb8f/kasilijaremewi.pdf
    • http://a899.net/userfiles/file/pamufakogokefabefot.pdf
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/81212437234.pdf
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae175ac9c315d2426ffbafceb3b17c35/gameruvesesabitimolofi.pdf
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/pazaj.pdf
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/jolidupadanu.pdf
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/89839516106.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_off0000d3fa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3FA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec0c.bin
8b8fb6dd04f895da6f8bd4635fbdeebe12dcb27e50fb0070ed9b578a84a6ba48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0C 17564 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011940.bin
ff41ee2ee982ba934791fe609361c28355871e09975c6d79b92692f4fa8fed6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11940 10432 bytes