Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 178e634bc20448fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-31 14:24:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 039b46117a70711a3c8a6bf3aa4be219 SHA-1: 25220acaf24acd2c11e290e2f6bdc3f6d0c81d51 SHA-256: 178e634bc20448fb3f39beff18556b22bb16713d90dd2472d4db8b787e5ef52f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users through a chain of sites, likely to deliver a malicious payload or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/42950178061.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/73771049554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/sovafojogafifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/taguxiwupusigakeralusatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f308042ad---49721056409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021072811433544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf75fb0b62---48378645722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d17c9c23ce---7004003271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0115090fc4---60289543898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/fitekeziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/figuzowudaxinexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepuzojepobogepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/welapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-19/20210719042925368729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehft5e1nb7qq6rptb7ee4fpcm2/farunasopejenuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/14599623028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/giriluripebeboxerixapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/47326082977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c392703c0a5---76788673253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3c46a8631---gipuzokeloluval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalmediasolutions.ae/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawobanoloxomufiginope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/kexemotig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safaraval.com/basefile/safaravalcom/files/xawasadewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/lenumopanuzigokeluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=20+chemical+formula+by+criss+cross+methodPDF 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_off0000d1ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1EC 11136 bytes
SHA-256: a85426d84784a31b54be52770fcf75401a1c06170a1f4598794c9f553e437ab2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF3 19112 bytes
SHA-256: 1de68c429d69e67b137aed4654fe292107d79e869f1c5a8248269e28bbf95833
font_02_sfnt_off00011e15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1