Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 196b0a25da398bd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:55:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 72077f594606e6fa1da8eb867e0b32c1 SHA-1: 700da7eb5dce934a9d62358b5a350da2ab41b9db SHA-256: 196b0a25da398bd8e4f637fb09153922f7e36ee4ad88f617daf19e9c44b69805
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it is used to execute malicious actions, such as redirecting the user or downloading further payloads. The link farm and compromised hosting indicate an attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage potentially untrusted infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gewald.ru/content/Files/97525783505.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4d0cf1923---sogojibidixufepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ca1629909---ruvejeromaninegozubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/gefifoximexigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/774c97da99d7b25cc54ce61a614c7dba/butonajusebajakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvitraders.com/files/buwonevekujowesizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/88174866472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/94278268314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://31app.com/userfiles/file/39828803700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/46638061644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finance-bulldog.cz/UserFiles/File/nesiwevopidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/11222246880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaii-resort.info/images/blog/file/metijepuwikabipodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/67448639200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebrigantina.com/025-CEB/images-editor/file/zobogosorafuxaditovorefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75707399854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/pojerotutekipedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/zosesaxonuwesufijixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/25090221486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/bibapugowukupemusodid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/65870280664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405ecf6a443---dimemugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/xizudikilizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/pasifamimopuwudumoxofeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145e9aeccc8b---watukuzujezipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epgeptech.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+transfer+photos+from+android+to+iphonePDF 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_off0000da71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA71 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 908e40354dcbca7c277f4027fed37b653fb7306594015f973e843b8d6ab0bb3e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD7 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 0077eba48079b38c8c5781b2dccdff0e64e9e628109087e598841d8aca14c034