Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e148950af0b20629…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 11:47:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6904e1cfb3599e33d56c25c7c8d88297 SHA-1: d0dac9d9a77b51e25e88c75f5f3aaf15c199ead3 SHA-256: e148950af0b20629269a2c408d7a62517d531d32275bd1c14631d0f0e895dd62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, strongly indicates a phishing or malicious redirection campaign. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=coc+apk+hack+download PDF link annotation
    • http://makeyourpartnermelt.com/userfiles/file/56438049154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20196291280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/kikitutigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents/files/52483154178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.net/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/29053442552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/sabaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/553904089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/275574539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinenata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/11410872544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210908175143_iuwlif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/30725994051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gplacestracker.com/userfiles/file/posujujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolerotinuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopguepes72.fr/userfiles/file/90958592325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161471cd858007---87528138317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/72712281244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/51499241630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/sexaxevakegojotefexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///30238121496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/kevidilimizul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/85175269675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alwaysthesame.pt/site/upload/file/bizogijarup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f789962388---87536269468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.com/resimler/files/zusokizumapabuvefuvozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teledirk.com/d/files/bozewenuxixawezuxepozosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cab344458005c9d4b44b85127e8a565/kifutamadagowi.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_off0000e48c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48C 10228 bytes
SHA-256: 142778a6e8c5317ed20cbf67c38234ad6d5c7e1bb506794c356a41f80ffaf2d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11392 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 196c4084fff2521592347b1102be06182206cfe4d59836e6bc28aff6a3e8ee42