Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4226a1a735ce191f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 17:34:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b30022a849cb496119a961badf34ab8d SHA-1: f4b0db1d253e6d34e6e28badeb47c68dcf8f1a51 SHA-256: 4226a1a735ce191fd0b44f4a976df36f49e67a5eb1fda1640153bab5bcb20f0a
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 features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a8a89b770---67504766190.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab48716f6d9---68926116313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/jemelegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uq2gf0k7c4a61rsblde076acec/vedozalavelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9h0r85sp7qfbust055uljdm52/11837538385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cf2b07980---tonukivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791695533f1---vowimetilojufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genbreedpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/16753389931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beca1014138---kabeziroviruluxapegopada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hs9fmed4qnd7408hekjshcisto/loridusigifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091120823cbb---93430651897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c0c6b2b01---7456612596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/11706588944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6ac951a55---66671823069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e95154da99---45663924788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/25428886780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d38e7ffc4---51827664747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamducphuc.net/images/files/54597954407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/140a3fff8f27f58f0ffaeb909648c8a9/77222585064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakkervoorwinde.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/gamepuxeguwimokojimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/xuduvolelobezapogonewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e538a72d9bedbe4dc1a820ca951459/25302055016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/59955614396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=bookworm+game+for+ipadPDF 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_off00010367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10367 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7E 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 88e5791d3057ae96153e3598b39b9ca3a6138db258c8efc3c6c8dbf7a8b9f9d8
font_02_sfnt_off000133cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133CD 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 816c22c16d6d948c5ec939735c3669ede7761ab489ba5b1b869bd53116ebb385