Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 210776f550f2b680…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:08:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1b3cb1f0fd9298c56b0f4b5961089665 SHA-1: f5a2ec4c60c087757736df4072478814b7b3ed69 SHA-256: 210776f550f2b6809fe4d9d069eaa43e861f91070140d6fda523d4fd8cf0adff
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 phishing and malware delivery. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, increasing the likelihood of a phishing attack or the download of a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://trunglam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/6107312975.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/66873415096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef853cc964---8050453113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorsexpress.biz/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/70894853148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/35233428629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c99d5c8e8e---60199703255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/folixelipofaxowireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finidumajapusuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f4c1a5e9eda53f0f6a968e0ed7ccd56/38008039732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/26057270716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/72393469110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce3defb815d---79166021185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e21d2ba8f3f---bapumabedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25573290107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/37702134475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39204197947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/vovagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f010b115a4---88112342356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/mabokadevoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cesiedizioni.com/userfiles/file/6076011834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/vumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://versobrokers.eu/userfiles/files/wopevamobugunubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c70c7f7ee---47039754134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f781a17333f---feduzefukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topimmigrationlawyer.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajawedejusulopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=atividades+de+portugues+5+ano+interpreta%C3%A7%C3%A3o+de+texto+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_off0000d048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD048 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85A 19908 bytes
SHA-256: 138775c3c299af25944435af89ae5d12c7dd019fc2c55d49d1b45332c49ec944
font_02_sfnt_off00011a00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A00 11472 bytes
SHA-256: 7e4140de1991fb4f75b459e63ff4654cbae56589fc82dc2c7f061e3aeebb0e81