Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 142a57969b05ea53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:26:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d3547820d1b5adcaeff45ec6ad6c9c27 SHA-1: db5f6c4ab2bca7228439c80b0dbebdf99d09bc68 SHA-256: 142a57969b05ea5329d1c52e90568dfe0acbc0fd9fe73065627b94e92c1d6a73
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 executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/36346313109.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/50264544390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/ropenoxexuxivupezipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d645d1edb6c---77042666368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e631b66c21---23497914282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lhspnslbc7ed4t4uo1e1ajnp6/powumaxubapuzowavonukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42d674570e---powijanesutisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesmclassof68cheyennewy.com/clients/82478/File/99400210345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuffalony.com/uploads/files/28218171219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade2e87fc58---34465347658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0c68b346a---jodoxalijopedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7622ceb40---94386965606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/20828204653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64853ca25a---38164480399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a679a994349---49734201093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b990ad11913bcc85698ebecd8589e357/zijiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/siranivisosubugatarepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823564e8145---zinufibofemizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75746909528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/fewinemiwawilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f665ab587---38090600672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/xewurolidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudefimunizojakigukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=nile+monitor+for+salePDF 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_off0000d973.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD973 17652 bytes
SHA-256: b8afebb917d5632c932e77773935987bc5c95997c3c18a7bc82e076345957459
font_01_sfnt_off00010695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10695 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011eac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EAC 10352 bytes
SHA-256: c2dd04551b1f5d350e04803a4c88106053545c39994e7ac9e73a218b012ae75b