Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 426b800cb8a34ee1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:06:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d88ded2726079948f479fac1dda3fafb SHA-1: d0036d9d42d49b4b6f8a025d9d6f54ec32c56b18 SHA-256: 426b800cb8a34ee1d52e89c3273bc588ac1f636bd038b521e6de90219757635c
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 initiate malicious actions. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109120831563154.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614165f278f8c---dapege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b32700185191f2de4da26599ff4f10d4/3944801063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69871544104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ebf6ad7ce6---giwesevadexekem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/60322258214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/54585982527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/31634095107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maytinhdalat.vn/images/uploads/files/13994599755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/85771977854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613251aa6c880---mewupulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobonvino.com/userfiles/files/vanedivaxofiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383d834650e---nusuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321637195d6---51767041327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitarasign.ir/data/file/22970909787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojegitogado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekogamma.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5951890436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents/files/nememefotavipaluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/kaxunatudojikukiminiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613252cce868d---20509183115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/83545185026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/nezilajiragomajemaramulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/47531256872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/tifupetagetazakikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hilanguage-com-tw.triangle-design.com/files/ritomurowokeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/87854773687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=genshin+lag+fix+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_off0000e2c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2C4 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 11db3c26e9acc219e835e350968f3876f14cd7ebcb6eb23a95e417bcb3ff8d46
font_01_sfnt_off00010e43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001265a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265A 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 892b0161dbbfde8dd3b1252564b842c3f645f0d09696d87c57c90296a25782c4