Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0462050fd7ae4e16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-17 01:34:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d0acc9df234a45629e3a47359fb1c3e3 SHA-1: fd7c3a8ab1f238180bd0d0e087a5dd63e5614dfc SHA-256: 0462050fd7ae4e1666aa0516c78bca7805c62aa7b142db6779cb98fadfc828e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to download malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 http://thesprotia.gr/uploads/file/39386932975.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/99582591239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51728953012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/36360256748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classykitchen.pl/web/uploads/files/jozopalabeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/38934547773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daad6252a448e5166b32da8cc1c44685/besorolifona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozipazigovabutelivator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photonart.nl/phpcmsys/file/89429700366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ronobaluva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/44814692691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/jipasapadebidepagore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/dowumikunugovaniwalusumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviteksural.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20725323071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r3tqjt0kpjbsj39341hkioe1c/dutamiritijifasuwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonkitty.com/webroot/img/posts/files/85787772812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56149c566a---zijaxolorefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugefuwivilow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/dobekokusajije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608581a88bdf6---pozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/369db85102d291a6d991d6919833095c/rovezuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c774c493c28---57514496131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65210ad80eeee728f536b498d32c91e8/21628725927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lo3gc1jcdml01ji6leho4ak8b/kavinodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ma394bi1jk80t0m7b7gp3a3mf7/17823077735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3a4af23258ba6181b543f58c5c41a26/82821760176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+lights+13+ios+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69cbae5399a687e635bf57426e6f446/forekovixubududobanipafub.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_off0000dfff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFF 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 316f71f8130b8d017d509aa2955d8e615cdf4f0dd05e3612dee58cd5555112ae
font_01_sfnt_off00010c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12480 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 455515db4ccc774a9fd6d9f828e6db4880b653781db3ba9e2e3912e3925ad84d