Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 106232ebb9c2cbd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 03:42:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bd6d5fdbb95cd84a982e12001ab493bd SHA-1: eb527f62d40f57548662b6c3e291e865cfecebff SHA-256: 106232ebb9c2cbd453d5543d077f5e9b43792b85a22e242cbe416f6d5d53e3bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate that the document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely involving phishing or the delivery of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41146148819.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://viajaconsciente.com/imagenes/userfiles/file/78056851641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/ripanejutijobuvenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/pumavadama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/52251854037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/7951226957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135cb5c6892e---66634840471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marine-inox.com/i/File/26149876192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxebeletubotopogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0797831001630821807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dtt11cohs4s7f3s156pe9dvl2/dagutexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinching.com/uploadpic/files/202109020750058329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/92271956682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/61451068700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinsg.com/files/fckeditor/file/poxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g47fv2q0atcu0orm8v3bk8nkmj/nixumifekerikomenijogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98635562496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santabriganti.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89398102883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/3688730686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/zarolezinuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4778db2db---zuvatefosibutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369cf65ac58---vudugakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nridbutkarjrdvi4hh50e6dm64/71119317883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolatulamarotawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istihdamhaberleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/31999708504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gangstar+4+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000c944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC944 16848 bytes
SHA-256: e37f6b1e6b9695aacf635e22d5a14a0374656b2db537d155e4155874697d1f82
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E9 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 0eac9a807bc00456acc86ede221cd8e2a2911e54b5c92a36eab41c145f9a7769
font_02_sfnt_off00010d54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1