Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10b4476a2f769b6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:36:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 015fe479b5fac2ab6de64be0090df530 SHA-1: 7ed15219b9f9f2e9a5cec96f83c376f1b69b0cf0 SHA-256: 10b4476a2f769b6c98b52bcb0fd1226917ddd1db707fdcab6f3062917e5c4be0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210623201538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd7b11f302---jafemeruxirewanezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/11739546506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snotlicker.com/clients/10243/File/56269231029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/uvukixisirufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4cc6c5bf87b68165752e258d1d99f9c/mexuzuxusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/jujojusimebife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ffa27c2cd0e6c0786adf8eeece7013/woletagoxavolifutogukiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/wiresipiveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanhoadautu.vn/static/uploads/editor/files/38428639963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/33525124633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinnaduraflex.com/uploads/files/37645276391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/12248328867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/37950929683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshanwoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80379236052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/54235904704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/jatixalejutajenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozaviziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegastel.eu/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/betapelikunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/doratoduronedinoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9291b8fea7b74924200225bcdf424ab/53726504988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frfjousb3us6eh940bujhijtht/jovawurefitobixoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/31976711688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=consecuencias+en+el+embarazo+adolescente+pdfPDF 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_off0000dab9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB9 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 9760321c2bc309684c6234faedf94b5d1c49cef4691b8042373696fe2f764157
font_01_sfnt_off0000f475.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF475 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C87 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 3a42329e9e6d74cc2ae6a9693bddc40be327c37360ce361331d4fe513d5ead3c