Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d237c0ccc100de38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:21:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6bfeb6fd3ed892df4ea3937ae0be353d SHA-1: 512b909168bcfbac811b3f18466a8df0ea1a6b95 SHA-256: d237c0ccc100de386edec84e4681613a19b0a652381d08f1715fffaa4acadb67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+w+mean+in+text PDF link annotation
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/lewawejotarosawikegule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/fosuguxukenulazojafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202108260236532903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waberanokaduruwosemikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejamagopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/14496981039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algeos.us/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9561286654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae975bdf487---fasapenotavegejot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/3489598370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/80544639600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3bd7d581cd---futowovuzejaxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xolijidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e6afe66db39a2863131f76c1495eec/74818382542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/vuwemevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c7b19bfe2---8524188888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/joxazudasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb4ab3bf1d---timadopevinomotene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f49d4670eeb5363597aa4e3e7df300f5/49001679175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d558beb5aa1dc069ce4ce7f08cf950/koxejoroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a7ae2d7e7841d8a3101244f439e8a3/wunebamizuliverewakeridub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b20e44164a7e915297d4213c000ca107/78385364023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/6224742897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e950d1b1c---kusulukowinakikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/21091773083.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_off0000e068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE068 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f87f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF87F 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 6a9a51ef2441107414cbf8e6d4a630775857dec36932f7f3d7ad402295e72b70
font_02_sfnt_off0001106c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106C 18428 bytes
SHA-256: af1d89ffe341ac85f2df3843119c6a4780feafa938963d3734606dbe95b92e3a