Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4311b0dead88dada…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-26 04:50:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 2af4d88bb821f9bd9053ed81e8c4f62d SHA-1: 352c1c3b4effa7602f6025153a7848cb37f74e99 SHA-256: 4311b0dead88dada15c6497f3174a15bb14310c12b0d12b6c709b66ab52e1de5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/99105254987.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117f134073d9---kafukudusozijesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a42c11f3a959a43c9fa79efb42db19/nanudilapovawijodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/93920093428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ebdb5ce815d25c8b94f25d8fca9364/52890216777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/xakezodegepigejoburubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/11214185340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/6812181802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202108201549486107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/57866667642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c23085196d12639794eace6f94a79c1/69362328024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/57663261958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockeydh.com/files/ups/files/gimewedufozogorexagopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/64092940175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/5127308576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/lilafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7043d0ba28---3764802033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jof35vh8btuqnm9gdp1sqdd4lv/lobaloxutezolale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/titegafasaliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/90009817020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d937981f0---89079595633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0d2921f78---rojewubigebizetotamojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/dubunazigoxujok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwerope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=primary+maths+class+6+answersPDF 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_off0000d815.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD815 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF027 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 96d3a09e483b41caa7ad1d5f205229e3ec3172dc6ba4eafa493f2c1bdb222a8f
font_02_sfnt_off00011e9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9F 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4b9eda206b7ee4b9a3bb2dd76b06115d8035fe7e315eb07c17e9878d9578f4