Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 121238053ac0bc1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-25 03:15:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4310ff5b169abb63a1e05a485b6d79ba SHA-1: 67997e8da7a485a44b4ca10e284d5e4e663b7e4d SHA-256: 121238053ac0bc1fd22454678c620b56b4b58c89f3ec0df1fd1949811ea1e1af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of JavaScript suggests it may be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=block+puzzle+2021+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76p4qso8tvthmd91u1q5lagtf0/guwovutebamimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/34098716046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mami-m.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/dojipadolage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/ridurirelaluwaxubeburux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4211901c7---tarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/31218225987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614966dc60830---nuzutesafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisao.net/files/files/tevotukuguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianlanlawyer.com/filespath/files/20210902092128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/selidilixemavuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210921_BB962ADFC8BE5690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/torerud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139fd4fb0602---40752408443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marjojaspers.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25573150316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/lepovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4100117983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimstudioinc.com/media/files/damajajafepukepukopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.de/uploads/media/sinewolupaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisipavakosapado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/6747204222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karikatura-kovarik.cz/files/file/xemolumebusomumix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/63470583916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144702c3ad26---wunitakebelotemuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5edc0851f4775a18e9ec2aafefea8676/jowaseranevofok.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_off0000b6ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6EF 19404 bytes
SHA-256: d33c5bd466d62899905b94af769154b53fb961f7e213bb5999bed1a3b49572c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e91a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE91A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10131 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 544da0dd654ebd2acf70864cdb60fdcdd383889e06db8f56c85bac004b98a215