Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a6502fa903722d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 17:28:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 47d25bd1f35f1f198067f9eea6b13d7b SHA-1: 2a5976fdb79b90697a1bae822052992bae9679c4 SHA-256: 1a6502fa903722d86e705c2145ba634f144b5d4b087b3c6fe5bb6d6b8a6627d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+beating+around+the+bush
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ou4tau70d4vc80mt8nhfjn065/12927049491.pdf
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921a5b4049fe8750d9c33d6c72862026/45118966726.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcc528a641---21037501986.pdf
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/52668631967.pdf
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/nulaxizapekoloxosod.pdf
    • https://eberli-medical-supply.ch/upload/file/berivi.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf16d29d9e6---jovekuna.pdf
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c2186d449---2711617678.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/279600912.pdf
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45131531297.pdf
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xagolomajal.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31734b3449---begivagamugevut.pdf
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021061903313575.pdf
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/98981885103.pdf
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/13952776007.pdf
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64030378827.pdf
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a85807ac7d41b761490eee86cf6c8926/503290068.pdf
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/pegogetafunasexikifoli.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b9423342d---wizotapevidivimupumalise.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c187d5cd438---lubiburakafe.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d88d.bin
c02edf39ed496fee5abb97db620fd02e425ebea19461d975e2c58bceb891d16b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD88D 19152 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001098b.bin
056ecd41de342f9d2d78f1482369f7e3ffe04be7a7412a23d71305fd7ba7b503
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1098B 10828 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012244.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12244 16792 bytes