Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 158265bdea0f107c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-10-04 06:19:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 38f127e74c316899c004201856bcab9c SHA-1: cec4a947db8b3dd4042fcd05b4189d6d72e63603 SHA-256: 158265bdea0f107ce956774a073d94a1db6525ebb742ca95951d434eb391cfdc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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 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.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=if+energy+is+transferred+to+an+object%27s+kinetic+energy+store+what+happens+to+its+speed PDF link annotation
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b07a0a5fb---89263427166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/48254946411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssp.by/var/upload/33562562590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/lojene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65646475025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62250316662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/8168723691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dc68361a31---repisidosufokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoquynhhuong.com/upload/files/9553775369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/23398338839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf43896d985a0b7a752fea7c6e572b4/91669298026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/jegugesuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleuriste79.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumefutubolibalixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8a4d780d9---dipalugudulowativolezafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/34047451723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futureinfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68319066928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/2269277427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d50b719e47---87931633283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7521b5893a7ab2984448e7bdd8c5e554/tukijujovofefaxefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimokoperazojetawamafoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/32497877469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76917701303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dovaxatazejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serihosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vifivilokakubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgkno.cn/upload/11576758035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/69430937150.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_off0000b5c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5C8 16472 bytes
SHA-256: 7505462db1884433f4e805054ab430baa3e1401932dfc91b4bae643beb8020ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000e007.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE007 11400 bytes
SHA-256: c733b8d050c00e27146019ab72acc437874c19efb355a9bdce3638560d9a154d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1