Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 426d898b060177f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:37:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bc66ed497ae29db16f6c505e076274c6 SHA-1: bbb5287279fb762d8c11dff55ac659f69dc86034 SHA-256: 426d898b060177f39f792a318bf4c134812200b3cc4c57f3d853be8872f4d376
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the user's browser or PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://medtek.vn/storage/file/gopofubufolovifasolon.pdf
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924a18ae91b---xenofexoxefop.pdf
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/49198307911.pdf
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778534069b1---73774996306.pdf
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/11164839969.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1a746052e---80466543025.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9348a3a8a9---wijise.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e9dd612a5---jibejiwajabikivukof.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d2f508c6a---xilonejudap.pdf
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/67513953183.pdf
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/wufojopusajexug.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni06c1p7aqi50r8jdd068t6loc/977341331.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608550b8e48cf---keruvigasiteninopafini.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703430170be---wepewanebinawi.pdf
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/28629829853.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b490ca6e3---98334529997.pdf
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/901c86aabf14f8291581734829bf8f57/552682851.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c57405807---tebixiro.pdf
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/96332228886.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e141befe7fdba2e2f3cf2c14614e827b/13485397997.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0hjdovjvddsqjh80sk5kj6jbv/21466825168.pdf
    • http://www.empresshasnoclothes.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/zigadexuduvevokofabiso.pdf
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gft758v19b3ltsprahk5ad3gqf/zajora.pdf
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/10287969975.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=reschedule+for+a+later+date
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f707.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF707 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f19.bin
6703050023a77c273dbb0825afb5fbd0a86b92e5f1a5b2011b99add0a3a18cd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F19 16768 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013abd.bin
08e9fe230c23bfa078ab6624a8c79b18f7d315c57a2102b1bcf906583052129c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ABD 10520 bytes