Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 235afdc943d66c9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:25:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 27e8a7d657456fcca5f9b31116b5aa13 SHA-1: 5b3e09a7b57c26b65154747cf42b0d68c3995b79 SHA-256: 235afdc943d66c9fc171148fb1de661425b6ba2cf3d7c808d2dcb3f59a9eb7d9
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing payload or further malware. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening or interaction with the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubusubesunilatug.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613892392f018---kizisawamerakuxovejaj.pdf
    • http://sintjorisparochie.nl/userfiles/file/kimivaragu.pdf
    • http://jia-longsofa.com/uploadpic/jialong151126/files/202109090423428864.pdf
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/durifujirurutipazur.pdf
    • https://maisonfamillesrimouski.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77749084632.pdf
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenuk.pdf
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/juzurozuku.pdf
    • https://www.vasutaszeneiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabatolumazotewofo.pdf
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/rigupabegepuvazi.pdf
    • http://www.ville-dammarie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40341902537.pdf
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/13315456329.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57d588f683ec37b991b64aa4f8ae95a4/62095001748.pdf
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujoluxopiwegupugizedetu.pdf
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/zarokefetit.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e69fed30e6a19407f8877227e4b54d1/luzitobobokuxekusupuw.pdf
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/29095738943.pdf
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/4354548797.pdf
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/354588655.pdf
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109060307099000.pdf
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/70443647558.pdf
    • https://rheinfurth.de/userfiles/file/lekijominubag.pdf
    • https://thepainter.asia/upload/files/23288818171.pdf
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/mosunumanexizi.pdf
    • http://vibrobeton.by/pics/files/31432107735.pdf
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/wobusosexefofikimizewiwa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=gallery+vault+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f901.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF901 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011118.bin
2b2df8c9e60d16b70cf5d813fc03a9ffb08b056030abf97c160b426b4393eece
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11118 10392 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128bc.bin
e9c2bdaa2f4e7f9ac4210b841c84efb6313ae7e19a7348fdc7f4f455edef5a11
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BC 18816 bytes