Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce979385998f6e1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:01:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c2260e2203192d391cf7530f5714ad23 SHA-1: 61b97856fe7a3187713e82a9597fb3255c6d7601 SHA-256: ce979385998f6e1c285393315365ec62f63bf5201d3548b9cbfcc09e28211b7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The primary URL suggests a lure for downloading software, indicating a phishing or potentially unwanted software distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hill+climb+racing+all+cars+unlocked+download PDF link annotation
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93240506949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68750213584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613164c4da2af---85117681309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog/file/97514957678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48095229005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333cb59f3b4---61243473512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f750ef7793962b145d7de51f30e326fe/16632566183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/62264049214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunapvietnam.thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/5097300674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletroluz-al.com/_IMG/img_internas/file/tiponurorelujebuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/xuwozulerorufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nenmongdangquang.com/upload/files/53187266121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayrh.internet-match.com/upload/files/21100703649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/liludososewoxaradozufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2b7a069d8---vulatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613082e125498---wawemizufinafobiwinof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/razunesixosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348f1d9740b---jasalogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/1411512820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdio.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/sanibisujarezoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/29230314762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/85664152597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/lomise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307703a1bd7---7864576576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://share-world.tw/userfiles/file/1530138297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d8f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF102 17340 bytes
SHA-256: 08b71e501b2f1cdbdbd92e82b59ffd9869f727e9acbf953d064f7d0b56ad69a7
font_02_sfnt_off00011df7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF7 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 7068aad94999608f3644c6f506d427a30bddcf5ab88b770291638ead2d613853