Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 258a8d602e4a9299…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:05:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bc8bcb0ddcfb5e5fea5cf9707db45fac SHA-1: c232e9e41abbbdcd09fe08f9c6bb405b11096e46 SHA-256: 258a8d602e4a92997cc658450ead882b879894f9e2777f6c97a3f40654bdf204
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to execute malicious code. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. These URLs likely serve as downloaders for further stages of the attack or lead to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=http+%2F%2Fwww.eserviceinfo.com+-+manualewf1380.pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/931148023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d371a6f3f3c---vutovuwajofewagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/jifunuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/30224034715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38591918289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082390882226---koruzotejulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ea85acinr8vk4l2820mt3ee2e/27347072406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28b0fc32b784b3cb3df5129d4c85fba2/74061121737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c67f6089d40fdbaef5bdd15ed348cbb1/sikumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/kipomolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/68003484307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/xemaxifiruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210710190651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espressoperfetto.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/66921064660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nathulaldasptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemijimesezulixevuveri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartinatv.org/uploads/files/99205526049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/30326633349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/lusirafiwebifabidafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f471806a4ca97e5cdc48855fe58325d7/rupobiwogakajejipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/91393520591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/mipoluwezabenabudabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibojotaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ba6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD281 15972 bytes
SHA-256: 64cf7560b6319ffa9bf06fb35a37b1e177266695ee82a38289908c7a9009d4bc
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBB9 11712 bytes
SHA-256: 97b984264e288ddcc2129d118843a14a67190f25ecc8d555962e5c4993b50853