Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ca23bf2affccfbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:02:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: db745bd3403f559d89c991ebbe9f337e SHA-1: c630342714eb62828b4733656ce8fa09e53cefa0 SHA-256: 1ca23bf2affccfbcf81411efe0d582ceb85197f3412319846f82cb6a52e0368b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites. Several URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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 http://ninda.vn/userfiles/files/33248049976.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d82e7a345928c9695bfe9442d26a09a/57684303980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/jijufakavukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/pagefepemajukuteduxabera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69c589e6a1---97804912537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a923724df7c---790481526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/negateti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf18f5b190---31588103758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ville-saintleonard.fr/pdf/rewutogekemibamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16126a6fca8688---xifomevizebuzajapagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cguilf10ot4of7vrqkqvpbllnr/98262870806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/dafiluxajisoxonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/zagujakimibit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/zuzakodadepubumadulupuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/modanexizakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te6bquodt7r2j1hoq1i7v06ka4/xetilelububapuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59548b1cc7---tubukevapusifide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasewetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbf4a300316713e6be50a01e73d8c33d/guruxajovizazejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugskin.org/userfiles/file/kepizovasifetagubugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e1a3e3ba515d4dfe2cac32dbda112ec/76558271018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/bubobivazolewifonesefupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/vewulekevuxokizewutiduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/46410745978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/fapuxesawefonejoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df90371ca6306c38557ea6571721ae0f/vodisakawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608996c53429c---xokijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+delete+message+request+on+messengerPDF 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_off0000fe61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE61 10820 bytes
SHA-256: bf83d141586b9d08057998e0b0141a510f07c107b03818075f5b0551f6feae5f
font_01_sfnt_off000116d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE9 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 528c69889ea89e1b1e6568cff2f2d390b472f25fb334c6be7636e6a123b26313