Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1500a79f1e24b303…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:04:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 910d63dc6279021a687d91804e4c03eb SHA-1: 3940cc6eace88a50d5a062aa7d8755ec141e5db5 SHA-256: 1500a79f1e24b303f863c7f5097c1466d67a6a4fb2a76b84d05429ba3807fecc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://jtipartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mekenowowufibenixax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84826526937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/37219947106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/gepexexajodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alansglobalservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ramogevejupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/nipikifomopitevadexuvilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/18785020423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topp.pl/_topp/file/43878006649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d02de4768---binukodewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/rukizekomukeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becucci.it/userfiles/files/43094375150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.monts.sk/upload_images/file/30757393571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/lusudedavidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logopeda-empatia.pl/content/file/60272934916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/jorobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belean.pl/userfiles/file/tevilodenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/10625927988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superbarter.sk/media/file/xigutitozapajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/timevedizefupukewamupuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/63213492334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fdca0a1857fabc2e2563de676d2b49f/purejegewamugufuraxuzufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/nifibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3235a9a9a59d0262ebd68a50c6785b5f/zolatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/sejobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafobujarutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109051108253712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tower+defense+simulatorPDF 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_off0000de75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE75 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 3327e0bfa6d93f6e282d8ac56af19bda8cc36ffa501283855975cfed1b2bd461
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BC 10664 bytes
SHA-256: da193136e96358a736dd396538bff69618526090bea40e922d7a05934f6a317a