Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 232a42aadb418276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:53:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0c15f6bec56e28d15bbfbdc2aef58b5d SHA-1: de775f9fa21ae9c7166eecca8d718a7b8bd1379b SHA-256: 232a42aadb41827621eafb47b24ad4ccbc307c9ce6e64a61d5c2cfb89e8711b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/20218311811567254.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/69358911922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/fusozewebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c30758821f---femokajejoseguzolan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec79fb5fe2---xofonaforux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b7a3769ed5a4e556d244ff2ca977e9a/gezikobazupixewamupexugil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c90717bba6---96168703163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a340722a0b---3441557042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/tumulepegigekozapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/kumotavesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/jejuxejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80379a0c8e1668144a408e2fb5618feb/bezigilunenepix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/sonobareremujagebuzonirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/widejanuwalema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb679cee4898895dcaa7d36bc8521e5/48769141770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbb74a241789933cd19970a9ed2f8c4/54907804842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/wunikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c9aa6e8cc016201c11dff541de2e7d0/gojupuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetsanprospero.eu/userfiles/files/dofesekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rklatex.com/userfiles/file/gupezagiromezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/12651363813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb345e5b74---92400357891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kipjob0mg8i2uu05tpmlm8q1qg/movoniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/89835257031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sayarbobinaj.com/file/74469304817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607687e4432be---kemudugudoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=matrix+worksheet+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_off0000da6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA6C 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 333ee03c75f44c4a0c43fe01c2c312822d7ba0e7f42b4e40bee53eb57e9da570
font_01_sfnt_off0000f344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF344 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 1d6d1881bbedb5ce868b45ff3cf65d937162168d3bb1cdfea8a6ba8a715d5831
font_02_sfnt_off000121dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1