Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cee6c60131dad284…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-22 13:16:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 964153ab662e96f48f5d6b04f198fb3f SHA-1: 38ce8cff3f95c10a02cf313c53b6d4c201b127f2 SHA-256: cee6c60131dad284ee3ef9e421d590ec81de87b03e3ed728a281e6d4d9acc07a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+strategy+games+android+2020
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/71268943999.pdf
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fde3b5b95---dakisolubetar.pdf
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/voxajidolopitix.pdf
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/18917573436.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b233babd50bfac27fc361e8723803856/badalodekuxuwavizo.pdf
    • https://siksp.megarhizo.com/ci/userfiles/files/fifiz.pdf
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/gobise.pdf
    • http://tacchigroup.com/public/thread/risorse/file/28578097090.pdf
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/47766711736.pdf
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/86007537160.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/20664604407.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401ad296aab---jopujonejagiwupajedetol.pdf
    • https://ermolino.mebel18.com/uploads/files/jusukaza.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/gujumavej.pdf
    • http://borik.customreal.sk/data/files/77382281218.pdf
    • http://fuyu.010bi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nisesoxupunofasojixix.pdf
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/nosobemumutupojutupol.pdf
    • http://khyljg.com/uploadfiles/files/62582029578.pdf
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/tujaxokakilejepesifi.pdf
    • http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/siriwivofexomegolisodu.pdf
    • http://chinalabware.net/d/files/jixixusenobil.pdf
    • http://midesignvn.com/uploads/files/33932954563.pdf
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/54751708845.pdf
    • https://rockeit.com/userfiles/file/11967038067.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_off0000f859.bin
9d8cb111604d5c09ecc8611d5491c30b1163f64554f65119e020bc36dd656361
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF859 16760 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000123b4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bcb.bin
4bf245f2fb43203302c3a31bdc99c69783d01487047392f7b173507b5c00027b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BCB 10952 bytes