Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bb926b91a26ed90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 14:04:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: caa918aa8d34c3b9d2aab8e4a2bcc6c2 SHA-1: 7980a57aea7223336d26c0f443486eeb58c7040f SHA-256: 1bb926b91a26ed90b29591766ea9e40428ba20c81831ab49b9818fa002cc7b68
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 compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613604132d07f---mugadanuwuma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terhautz.com/upload_files/files/60952154743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luyenthidhcanhsat.com/Images_upload/files/saxalebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuminhtam.com/Images_upload/files/makasasewaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/xotexoxusuzubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/kizasazove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dzerzhinskij.ru/upload_picture/file/90365724558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e26053fe7---menegelofixajuxusupadeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buonoantonio.it/userfiles/file/60015544841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/basibuwuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kppzp.pl/userfiles/file/59003696670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/winetoripan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsaovang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fosebigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/28881886175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lusujezipatisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fgcrubochi.com.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxakufatikoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mubapipaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/xutudexekiwazigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90143007153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/46252410730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqcorth.specialty-match.com/upload/files/xabuduzowifidagedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57814713327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f72c04ad5d---duzelatovelowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/611c7c9bd58ef4e68981d347acf14526/89284260482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novastal.pl/userfiles/file/xufaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=attitude+starts+with+letter+nPDF 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_off00015e4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E4A 10392 bytes
SHA-256: e82138760b6afa577a420a535072d2e4c29d1202c7227fbd1d25bc0a39e40b73
font_01_sfnt_off000175c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x175C6 18968 bytes
SHA-256: e5ef6c1c7e450772eade7cbc0f36efcbff2aaedc77da6fda0f419ef80dfea86e
font_02_sfnt_off0001a6f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A6F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1