Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 112a4b676b5bc86d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 01:54:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1402f1264197c61d7befeb3688d59918 SHA-1: 4a69a038cc8217402b6ecb044c5f4250a7bb83e1 SHA-256: 112a4b676b5bc86d92f9b1f5cb96d2d5f49498b6cadbdcb2b895195ff91ea148
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a secondary payload, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

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://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/sivedosigeravivomuwiwop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/61681642929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7a12bd5eb---72172641164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2ac7ec64f2---jiserujetodaxasenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itkb9n1dmgr9r1a11n77isfnl3/mobuwoxizekowovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29003437304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/womuxitudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7adbfe08a1dc8721a638d7c6a746c63e/xenedepibivopobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujejijinozenizanulesugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceresasrl.it/userfiles/files/52800244435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de5ff3e1ad---xemobinefuvebavarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8e8300c7d---56439284380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e69jj11d8gggahf6mj1kvhv831/25855956587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161199571e79a0---52678931699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/35348839277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210704023245301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pixel-pro.ru/upload/file/31430824394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210610_194158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f95d0a4a80---mivavazopadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01ba588bab88f42e27de68e9f621b83/15870567703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomacanthe-art.fr/imagebeforeafter/files/lojan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/26665305766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06f20681c0---mipukeluporololedutule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrodomesticaruano.com/images/ckfinder/files/71507244013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=problemas+de+sumas+de+cuatro+cifras+para+ni%C3%B1osPDF 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_off0000e5ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5AD 20096 bytes
SHA-256: 143f1723d4c09d119f795bf756676fc23da5570958902340c4792f88735c4824
font_01_sfnt_off000116f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F0 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 0d40522ae282e2f217ab4631cd8b6cb95bb3d49757f4afd3173cd79b9c938989
font_02_sfnt_off000130c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1