Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 265c1a3c3405521b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:02:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a838916a9993b5e43054f9ceaae50913 SHA-1: 4ef0cb02dd73cd011b36c4d5ef1ebd63c3625f9e SHA-256: 265c1a3c3405521b7fea33496a3094a621e00133844793fee327c214f213aa0e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites. Several heuristics indicate these links point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or redirects the user to a malicious site. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guion+de+la+obra+literaria+huasipungo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16217973301049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/2712234924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/limokotovewazovabapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shih-tzu.ro/files/file/jogakuwuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kexaxajekiwegugazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofe22c39kfbs82v58g9029lua5/85596821258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/58210093639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53869478034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610352e437b31---42786753582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c12985431379262c6fe0463e2b529d89/3509733888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befd8ec4407---batanisasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9907cdcd7589c9bcd990f42c845ef50b/ponejukadiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/giribon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8j3k2tug512lgtc6oitvk91t30/wewalaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1962.com/clients/41687/File/78386851675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afab0477b9c---20940362657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d01cab11f---mewemetodapusobufomemurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/4236684467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0670d0bb6e47f3b30dfa1ad86ac9b04/gemofowanabomexajinorosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sv34smr5tok0pma57n2rbbq5l3/67580150462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210527_004300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6245c974a0e643208aa0cffe829c43bf/10962891763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31176923935.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_off00015469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15469 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016c80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C80 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 61fe4b6a236027c981a03b1bbfd5682b7f848b2211229fd758a16306810c9928
font_02_sfnt_off000185bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185BB 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 327635eef2727ff6de60bec7d1af6a0ba7be96f12846307eaa0f22d31e05389c