Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dca2c0c18a734d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:58:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bdbcce2d92e9402d636fb8a1a3dd9e86 SHA-1: ff8ded3d9c9e0053d0fede373f3b518e08375748 SHA-256: dca2c0c18a734d5176a0728c95012b136ee080c240cf53544db22e0ab71f6c34
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or credential harvesting. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sodium+atomic+size PDF link annotation
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goponozumuwijarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/jerupizusemapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelushba.com/userfiles/file/livuwifuvoxumasitiwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/21530728025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e20f721842e1c8c10104d555e686d77/10975824022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202109040118545170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energcomb.net/cms_enercomb/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/bujupufakibunivudizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e95e394dc62baff59a7a51808ea4b05/lujobajefukisorurajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubolitogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57643524514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/35600642642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37294348463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidestationeryholdings.com/files/file/robirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/62177743924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hantechwelding.com/userfiles/file/2021091309583873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnnc.vn/img-hdmedia/files/23898525894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/tomipifidusipotutafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemmurad.com/webroot/img/files/23533408087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elektromig.pl/userfiles/file/57958825434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614224db05dd8---37971955307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsclinicwest.ie/media/contents/file/36661604665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/60305111235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huzatfokozo.hu/editor_up/19268211773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/zufuwuluvazugepef.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_off0000e2fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2FD 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 26bcf9f3240675f149c1ed620f17f94db85e99332bc154fcd71b98531ecc5a90
font_01_sfnt_off00010e92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E92 10516 bytes
SHA-256: a90d595b601a0f616596c86ed28ee731592fd85f2953c58b769377509b516ddb
font_02_sfnt_off0001269d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1