Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3920a28ee450ad35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:31:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 92865633c089e375f0872c54d8629c5f SHA-1: 70e4e9033e478d7f777bc00b49f0e8b240baa9ee SHA-256: 3920a28ee450ad3566d2f4dbca9bae56225dd8c3938e978a7a9681935db8dfef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also contains a link farm pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210907/files/20210907172712.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/nivezasekove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/16573902448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76777847194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/7200677851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2group.pl/userfiles/file/dilusasadejanenunikexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/92965477010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8b877b52c697be6dd0cf81e07f862d1/214340800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e2b8d3d2f---sefetofalolagowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/79483910330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/69052873491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergakiland.ru/files/files/98798542620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/40719194605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/fuzuzebokexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/93185083150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/46563836323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipanoxifepexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613878e7ba584---33666432641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodemveenweiden.nl/bodem-veenweiden-img/kukoxeruzopabumoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/doxabumitotut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/48701363604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presentkompaniet.com/img/content/file/18975668117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/7291808997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e38557a55---fubupusafawewamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=android+pull+to+refresh+libraryPDF 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_off0001144d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1144D 10928 bytes
SHA-256: bebd0b0320c9a6819561188519996b18ec3b82d33d6fa2ed311fa0d9f5a5eebc
font_01_sfnt_off00012d5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D5C 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 2a04b12c148eec3724c71f987afd045452db87e65dac987f08e67f343b63fd50
font_02_sfnt_off0001597c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1597C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1