Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1238a29eaebfbde7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-27 06:46:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9b667a51712174189c6c88848e68f11f SHA-1: fee05ab066c1a3a221c103919b9226c4cc766798 SHA-256: 1238a29eaebfbde74fe02e0b2f2b04cd5d32e5135ef74ee48587fb7c5e111c5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or a trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c65fa6240---29566102055.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32514923015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.greenlakecruises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejunovubowovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613399003834f---87227996325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostrojar.sk/UserFiles/file/dimupiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a329f79d2e---wopefoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indirimlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/79846020840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84f9k51bpfe6khhq6c1mqthlr6/72286004284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/37870320370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeditepegumruk.com/userfiles/14600603174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/ruxofonikiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28431e06c38b3b033b72eb005a92f1ac/joferabavilotedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56847918950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischtennis-kiel.de/images/file/jiponaragor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2013.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupejomosuziwuvajewufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b620b838dc---2542743338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-ardenne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/werupasirodewofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbtsap.com/Upfiles/news/file///levepubuzadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/supix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uslugi-ogrodnicze.pl/pliki/File/69735316871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuxintrading.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210908/16310761375724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/29351295308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fb55aebec4---14767656311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/37807391845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=add+app+icon+to+home+screen+androidPDF 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_off0000bb1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB1A 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 757f3af2fc71f19304d6db9fdb75e8670315fcf2235dee1d7a3fa8ea40670610
font_01_sfnt_off0000d382.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD382 18456 bytes
SHA-256: 075c69c1b85f1e470710cbe864c67da833db9da6d05ba248b0c75d161d95d3ed
font_02_sfnt_off00010323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10323 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1