Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4168d28a36dbcbf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 10:36:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 247ecd91c3e61abaf61cb22d4442dcfa SHA-1: 8d9cbbec9f328a906a1e6ff2cbe66dd701dfe769 SHA-256: 4168d28a36dbcbf775a7471652a5e3220d00b4abfe22d07e160406ee7b8d6857
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised upload storage. The presence of JavaScript and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to lure the user into downloading further malicious content or to phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firugujuge.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hum639hb2-hh38.com/contents/files/8193852506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6230296c850f6bd1af3a3a6e803947aa/5877481210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalimati.in/userfiles/file/13966887046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creationart.hu/files/file/pekopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takitech.hu/userfiles/file/16539478488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consorzio-csa.it/userfiles/files/pababuvux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613450f5e6d2d---burudorezirufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vexusizasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myslizdrave.com/soubory/tufuwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/49327999863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f3997af2cf---2232787375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210915191139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14244090618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccpdfbg9qir4rs0mhhhiicg6vm/99014307405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davnosti.ru/upload/kijagedivexiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchungnguyenlieu.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/69462202040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/wuvenukejojixexidikipipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraldocomo.it/userfiles/files/tejawalifufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/80504075565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://showdetango.com/bafa/userfiles/file/jamelejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/62675298106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fifuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51238132587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aesg2edcv.handylover.com/upload/files/mukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=top+4k+wallpapers+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e5d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDEC 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 6e827d7707eb5c8aa76aaf1f9933c54848dabc7fc7c1d403070cce321cb1e8d7
font_02_sfnt_off0001165e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165E 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 9da719d5bcee69196bf70279585e4ee4afe6508704f6b1591f963b5f99912291