Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1828a8662b18d6e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:37:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2230801e5476169af3b32e46f7f31a76 SHA-1: 7b072c44d0cf42530f8d54bc0a99476bbfbe8b28 SHA-256: 1828a8662b18d6e88a04ac21c8b71275c0680d3b5c22bd9c8c00c62b5619a3e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec8b0e7cb2a2a480e969b8351f58c8a9/tugadonase.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/29405392568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qde4ul1t89jtrjm0b7flcsq2s1/dakubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021051321520073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14373558261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/72681956615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://surupaceanu.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denojugosilemusukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d86902f43a---mugonalubarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7e3c87780---xugaritom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huh.hu/UserFiles/File/9781438419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/73406740523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/xubofebesojajofovisofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021080319492873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-plaza.com/upload/userfile/files/jutokunegetemetipojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/fetirewaleforovarowezizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161172bcc5ccca---27805307674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/nevekezupozixojifurufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gusanhightec.com/userData/board/file/xavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/77241522646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821a4d6933a---97082523603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/kekazidasusoxadaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ae16eca16---fuvujofesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianmailbox.com/assets/images/userfiles/files/79441299359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852983178be---maxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1c2209d67ec56ebb19fcf1f4cdeb1b2/miburetogafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b858e1b0323c649dbb61cbdb92c93526/59838254946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=proofreading+marks+bookmark+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4D 17408 bytes
SHA-256: d54651c92e233b2751501accec0bb4fb1d3040e272b5112b87cb9bc6bf0af82c
font_01_sfnt_off0001093d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012154.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12154 10928 bytes
SHA-256: eda200c8afce05607d8dd008f847c1c11c75ceb465f1f4dafb018d54157952fc