Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 008af309b7ebb271…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 21:48:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e4baa23311c053ca055d00c3c7aacc5c SHA-1: 65dfe8dbbe20434dedef86fa86e1f878226b60dc SHA-256: 008af309b7ebb271ff47491c523c76ebeadecf54dbe4f89c1f5e52fe737a89c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to deceive users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://wronba.com/uploads/wysiwyg/file/89746464015.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiochiodo.eu/userfiles/files/wumokutumeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sangolongphuong.vn/longphuong/news/files/73746012180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13503356433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biharikft.hu/bihari-admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14298481734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/navekujewuvite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/paluzesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/lixefebafatemonisinenesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eva.am/files/65fe59959b1d7269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ac51cee2467cf6d33429aa7034ed3f6/memejena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2kat.ru/userfiles/file/6706813015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itagqatar.zajeltel.com/itag/file/files/34472930411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaldiskibus.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_C68A871BD36D9641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd04f2b8dd---83730303469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/93121749672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/46941479464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/2021941218279673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/kemabobaxulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/95971828120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912171124661653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podwierzba.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17455967862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64810069206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haraj-alqunfudhah.com/userfiles/file/84358731806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ee84dc84fc---jegusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+fps+offlinePDF 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_off0000f469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF469 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C80 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 5bf1fd2b2bc2296c171bca3568e30c75b3d661d084cf92828a55a299f6d47d75
font_02_sfnt_off00012348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12348 18408 bytes
SHA-256: 618d2373e9821b456b4f4f98bd1c8b128d42c92c46db9ba49f8e907e4e43a381

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