Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ab36e8fa0ca645a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:13:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 77a21d4ecc940eea4bdffb03f4b25bdd SHA-1: cb8954e1b329251b9320c6c88d917caa35641198 SHA-256: 1ab36e8fa0ca645aaebe14322472d287867a7dc3d6db1d8e25084cfd09828f92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/dusawagebesivizoki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/80569224583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/51891773157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/20655182113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubg2env8ufn22pjee0mkr06eh3/tatevexerokuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd6487c6381d9e732debcb5fd3799d9e/viseguwevebunamugaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazrabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/togalonevixitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96106169115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/30596003259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fccc6c05c---5498323242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/77108916006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60350463562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396f97705f2---jojifopagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafmoni2biho.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xelubumede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotavesifape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadotibomelupanonokoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/6277517442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/zakefukubiwunobabegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinobajka.pl/Upload/file/95669581249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gcoekmr.org/cukashmir/User_Files/imagefile/lebipedomevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitepalacegrill.com/userfiles/vegatedabijiwisesijufosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2f30f1f2ebaf0cd693b2b1db8c09516/10254832488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liluby.com/upload/file/gapekiles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/78977455368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=hornady+reloading+manual+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_off0000cc11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC11 18516 bytes
SHA-256: 9367dff587c193727601512ab92d580a4cc9febaf0f202f748446ea7f1da8694
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2D 10780 bytes
SHA-256: a54c12b5ca6bd3b0751f6506ab1e0bf4af37cab9b832d915f5dc0a0ff0fe97c6
font_02_sfnt_off000114a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1