Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 194d264aac93d13e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:35:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8a5bb6ec9e786c66532aac9fe3219d49 SHA-1: 6626c147f4db2667d1b4bbe0fe775168f2f093a4 SHA-256: 194d264aac93d13ef00a9460b3584856b2dfc1268e735d744e513e32d7b66373
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. It also features a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link-farming or phishing attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to further malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2016cc43d2dbe58f731036343299e5/dibukovevetimage.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/66110876304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113f009a4394---63294070522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/nebilora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafe-malaysia.com/contents/file/bibumadofenoruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/20525400535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/30642905718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/kanavapadetatugawerusufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/51298619411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/75427561923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fd5284fb7---rukawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medarbindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxaralijiriripakupida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0649595001619992054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71buds70saks2et5mmbdu6skf4/tifagaxerebaveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivumozimupero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/62920363289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079883727103---73995024919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/34457882948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/85256724559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/61218787576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/fenifokugikipaxepix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070368d39c77---78402068345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vangphugia.com/userfiles/file/togevuloledolodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8nq5sqo8i9egvl7bs61cc32i0/pawasexuzopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sight+words+for+2nd+grade+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000de57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF669 18332 bytes
SHA-256: 395ccb544dc42cbba010c3c028f4bb5d917823c9227899ab29eea126be2106e3
font_02_sfnt_off000125b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B9 10960 bytes
SHA-256: c16f1a6c1debb068813ea43b4bdd720c28b434f02eb7de6eba1df2e97a47e647