Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 352da241aed3de73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:32:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 561766053f70d7030da9067703f66134 SHA-1: 7b6251bc5c2392152dc71b14eee02396a20fb879 SHA-256: 352da241aed3de73bfc09dcaaf2cc9e0156a8e072b981c9ce55b6feb929e24af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for executing malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://atsolution.org/userfiles/file/20210914030733546621704.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fullerton.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/91704727995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/96231564193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoya.hr/UserFiles/file/suzovimowolugadereganebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88005917707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhjpharm.com/upload/files/94260881906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/segevamozobepamutesegukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/51390114924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geraldinekilkelly.ie/wapaxigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55577622595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395b99646ab---5198471396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/583a3b5e5b1b963ae3e35e8f645a132c/morel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131cdfe0261a---8168416990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/68746648828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsilver.kr/files/fckeditor/file/18409697236138ad9c59074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truckersplantparts.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/religemexevevikolisoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/sirunesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///20219201281444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0um2je5a5j61a5e9hb0avqgigq/63570699100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debschoen.com/userfiles/file/zeruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/87911296758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/wavexajivajanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/35649087482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21139972304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.com/contents/files/molorapurabubexiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=insta+like+hack+apkPDF 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_off00011201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11201 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A18 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 50f1e02da7d543387f18a38a5b1fbbf3ddeaf134be9b5d55ffb981a01c97e564
font_02_sfnt_off0001412d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412D 18552 bytes
SHA-256: ced08c9513da7a478b21e64e9f30586ec6c0c01d3f0588945cf0875f3a1e244d