Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0798c1041901f24d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:34:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c268c115fca2fd11341aee48132fe9a4 SHA-1: ab7cfdca2e041069a10e300b4fd7948e2f1e7ed3 SHA-256: 0798c1041901f24d6dcaf526a74e8bac9c02dcb82c6ab8c14c1777b09f278b0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=most+heavy+games+on+android
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0c3d781a7---85666606545.pdf
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/nakodabeximezuneve.pdf
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/diwapijo.pdf
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewuxekuxagib.pdf
    • https://inprovitmexico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56049298589.pdf
    • https://kalendarz.probik.pl/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dudetovix.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303b2111025---91885242856.pdf
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/dusatabudulotajejovitakof.pdf
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/12142416098.pdf
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/1561746605.pdf
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/37762648256.pdf
    • http://alles-vom-schreiner.de/userfiles/file/30840966096.pdf
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/suzevivoxulijuw.pdf
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/mirav.pdf
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/30092964732.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136af7ce4011---fabutubizadonarolo.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396ca929d78---jisunonofeli.pdf
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3927451383.pdf
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/74603174235.pdf
    • http://tpokebar.com/uploads/files/gikekiroxefefe.pdf
    • https://goodmix-psc.com/userfiles/files/35489587629.pdf
    • https://tekmaker.com/upload/files/47045060308.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614203fe51eef---86740238566.pdf
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/45410975510.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000decd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6df.bin
767b7ca6c0757e7bbfa5aac3a955bc23e790faeeb53eed94bc020227e2e6b43e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DF 17544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123ec.bin
237b0379309844d19292d4d4edf3234f75618ec11731bcb6a00931b73f54365e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123EC 10820 bytes