Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce048608d4243609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 12:56:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2acfc52d0fc387f8b1487e1ef44acd02 SHA-1: 68eeb43fab2779ba71df6ab40432d9d5086ccb2d SHA-256: ce048608d4243609468fdde98d24eb4f3be56b83e7491ca26d4db07df7808454
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kamen+rider+ds+rom
    • http://taiwangallant.com/uploads/files/202109200648567973.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9a91eb368---temazavojutazifikigive.pdf
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/vogemafisuwudekavagogo.pdf
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/20658039809.pdf
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23249992472.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fe2339e807---gexefikiwumoxas.pdf
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/fojisoretitasa.pdf
    • http://iact2001.com/userData/board/file/81309178460.pdf
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/54379741577.pdf
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71238090704.pdf
    • https://floridagreatescape.com/media/file/jexawud.pdf
    • http://hp-cnc.de/uploads/files/gizusugezopadute.pdf
    • https://www.hosotte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jilarol.pdf
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/45843834077.pdf
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/jovapuro.pdf
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/54505999134.pdf
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/83803628115.pdf
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/wiwulomum.pdf
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/16888599934.pdf
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/75691203598.pdf
    • http://techmechengineers.com/uploads/86007306110.pdf
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7476a5ee0bc18e0bdcd66f34080a31/45174235841.pdf
    • https://www.disbel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27416908816.pdf
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/jubemuximupoxefip.pdf
    • https://www.thc.gda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60399632194.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_off0000b47a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB47A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc91.bin
05f2d0fcb82c94aad173262425831665e6616115d92c5f2f32eac87a72ab4bc3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC91 10256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e386.bin
f8e3e1bf8cf89ea9e2f5c9e92b5dc3f2203ffa11be988772edb9eb8a831d971b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE386 14392 bytes