Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 436e2c7b12b8a921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:23:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 87abc6b90e220d2c318d50c6ff1bc75a SHA-1: fe8214cf80cc9b0daad682750a14e93ed290418a SHA-256: 436e2c7b12b8a92191c51c5e43843fe6603e087b7e5092844a140ddff41f8036
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to distribute further malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=index+the+big+bang+theory PDF link annotation
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/19395398369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161448e969f1b7---12308069990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/lowetagolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614307108f838---fubapamenaxotizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/mudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/zolepafenodowifodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/jetigodokapadodupafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/79501938314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/4831464537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechitay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jexuroxivusebawimidete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4yoga.by/pics/files/58969410107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkokmagnetwire.com/ecodev_test/image_system/files/15691624411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05cfd734e491a7b2fd72fe42fba681d3/jipivisegewoxawulaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210915_D790813C0F75D764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/wufowesawalixetalile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/89330120040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/fujemiganonivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammed.com/userfiles/file/murutudadabironitagelumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/30461722665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/zixakuzewajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1936941297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/56175081400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337973d4636---52340249457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besegusorafilozitopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ea3709244---4807084291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyd.rs/images/file/nepuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011310.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11310 10620 bytes
SHA-256: e489919ec793a856da1616f95a46b4411c657f5bda2a3228fdbab59ccc2646ad
font_01_sfnt_off00012b0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14321 18580 bytes
SHA-256: b098ed7ba270d6f41250147381f16aa53345bdc6976320098f319feed88122f0