Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0043ef98b5c22ac3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:54:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6975e505826db147a275ceda27ef4e6a SHA-1: b48c839d00cf6b3f3609591150b08e0b07ca1291 SHA-256: 0043ef98b5c22ac39f60c8a089bf212a020fa246a11f08acfbe09a714397762b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads or redirecting the user. The link farm structure suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially leverage SEO tactics for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/2109022105461211079g0cjj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/nimejilotesaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consurs.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufekilagatasigutolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/sines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dru20tpd1csbsvpimok8efa7o7/57198579398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sebadujivubefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.com/files/14736313335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/39263534896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veleparotuxizopidenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb759378ef---nodovinumewanudexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/56548088578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/lireletagepazetusojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93547776908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/miribabepowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c30b05694---21050555718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradotel-riviera.com/file/24721119717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagamavapelukezosapesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/51920335155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridobifubevajove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlataraburmevuckovic.com/files/wiwekewewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rezidencianestor.sk/app/webroot/files/ckeditor/files/figukawomonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109070136158802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=toyota+tacoma+2017+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e6b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B4 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 12899e3f7966c373559acc2aae644fd14b5e6c89d482d186950b51248f35f2f4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE80 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 734592ebee0e3bbbfdbc7e6290bc2995e4692e99a47b0b0e454f9f65e1ccfa79
font_02_sfnt_off00012e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1