Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1c2be66835cff28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 20:04:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0555018e922294dfe07589497422c877 SHA-1: 8f0d8af8ad15b9dd7c0e57619dda67efbc5b33fb SHA-256: d1c2be66835cff280111f78c28fa7ecbe0982bc40dac27d9c428910307d60c32
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the malicious activity by directing the user to malicious sites or initiating downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bikini+body+guide+help+nutrition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/duridenazowisaloku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bktd40lapcj7ikp0geg2ttqhqo/vusibakujinonutajokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dc00bc46a---88056726620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb10d69341---gumit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgbbkvpegn5evpjb644i5qook0/muzatukogugunedoborero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibedanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/sipevumemarikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607288c41f0e9---86122800550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/sogevibosedanosiguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jazawakeladasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murten-hotels.ch/userfiles/files/92492381455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/39393651211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39e213d4df5f8a53518d940ed4518f4/zetupaxokomabolaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8769dc0896---64024690605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trieurodata.ro/images/file/rapefipudomuronawok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8b521922f06f0c827269aedef6cb20a/rarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bab608eb73---45663347017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontan-montag.ru/img/upload/vulagotoxinukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765a08ddfec---83501719306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/sojarewivipilitededasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df7add52fa2b4be2754fd60f569bf070/kozetokojevakegikesuxuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/retubabozojofoledu.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_off00011fce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FCE 18356 bytes
SHA-256: a47e412f55aecccc594afe7f4be13d0d89b828c741c92bd42243080d81cbca55
font_01_sfnt_off000150a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000168b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168B7 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 8667238179f8850391ddb12748be6577b2c5abae9a827a29ffc7a613795b55a2