Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 145807fd8563046f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:20:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f18084d1c4d5984127a5617f4b05f55e SHA-1: c0428d882138b5b68c69d46df44f4d9b7ca34416 SHA-256: 145807fd8563046fdc3988d686def015f4ddad0e021a5e376065dcc725d6c9ef
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting, coupled with ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5ab3daf61be9bc213d8ef3f5134c61/55656618767.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/zikevamikobexanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608426fe9d29b---befedafexanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63998112852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d47b1dc3c1---33367954584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/madegirexuxejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/23387101327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/48990315197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1e6b90b4c---81876194518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/31904756415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/96739599234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd8ok5ddrs25fnrd5ibtsh344o/11323446943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074916eb4352---zavufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rageje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/31922287383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/rinimajaponikitetisagat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/nofezezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09jtuel3qti92oji91e6r9cgmm/78617569945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66299435110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/37760303983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d1e2ae284---nozugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/vinexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6598d7306c623a7fd025ad5a91d18e3/12664048703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=tendering+and+estimating+by+ayeni+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD920 18936 bytes
SHA-256: f11c2bc2bc838d6f4d5f52edb70c557b3a725ec7e56c007f54d9a09fed108fb1
font_01_sfnt_off00010add.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADD 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 268674733f03de44d9f4e348bf7185ff723dc48b2e787a8246bf9e5ef930c5cb
font_02_sfnt_off000124e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013d00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D00 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 9244bd23a3f5030d2ae6657ea9a9008529431d8ea19beef759ef44b1f2786126