Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 405936a8557849df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:56:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9b9a198aba2df1c86d64e0e293d75b5a SHA-1: 7e28e192bc7d494bc68adabc825e264684a999c0 SHA-256: 405936a8557849df9777c481cd9d47a27caf183a98875c728288184366c0502e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, identified as a link farm, suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a1114b607---41177224288.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9122b4d62519226d08294816e805d098/86598032453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/35079577986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11186834988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chochosanencino.com/uploads/files/8897246503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turningpointdigital.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1f123799fbd191a21881fc600e18d1/purikipunelivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometgroupinternational.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77953765341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43760026694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/gavitonokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c81046e7e---55232178540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c2a34c3ac0---60549501422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137493f71a38---kuzulepavuvava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/11528327025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/joxarum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77786108036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/buruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bratislava.topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/53877730284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gapetepawalisutem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca0f38365b---28877112551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/11077338927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/fuwifiderutebevuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=aplikasi+menjalankan+android+di+pcPDF 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_off0000d596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD596 16368 bytes
SHA-256: 4be22af557202377d88b452f1bcdbc821b74aaf7576c67bcae24fc4bd236fcdb
font_01_sfnt_off0000fffe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFFE 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 4a55c80fc7cf1c3540ed00debf1ce58dd0b727c2ddd672e554e55a0fa61f735d
font_02_sfnt_off000118b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1