Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec81181e52850993…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 19:36:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 42b7f4812e5dd42309d257032bc87e93 SHA-1: 66018bd9d8ea894b94d598ce4d7fbd4279b2a12f SHA-256: ec81181e528509933458218bd3c919502e621f2347372e5fc507e102f113e333
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics indicate a strong intent to direct users to potentially compromised or malicious hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or downloader document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=galileo+best+known+for PDF link annotation
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095db9f253eb---dumuniwawiberuxodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/49293800649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210603050152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/66588187861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6719995918---fixajupedegugabajukefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l8iee7prodvef91a1a7jkou41/45429731870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5634ee71ad548e682d74b13590c4f4b/67865118780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/8609746891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b037725892d---17631271464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3p0fib1fmfv9c4c6k1lqqgmt3n/72686108142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/6369217902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divodizain.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38947023149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea8aa86d8f---68832043020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujubilituvudakuvedew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senn60reunion.com/clients/876260/File/73632180429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb312319b6---pebijozitasabefifamubase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/xazawirileriwerevizuvavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/5910060810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/pinabunasegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t5eu2g3l1pgbggds1pkbgoih1/xadebureduxonive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de144ea935aa40dbdc733c232da3ac5c/92290567758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kigugutotogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/mupojobuzakike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210712221359_18310287.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_off00010cd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E4 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 66035ace154322ea8b15d6da380d8a323ec8653bc8938a12cc76be9973b1cc0f
font_02_sfnt_off00015181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15181 10564 bytes
SHA-256: a4f091a5ec5103226ade05f0839c3444745b1b50d1c75c6de353cf141695ac85