Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 459208c23804a099…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:18:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 0665bfe1508867b19b9358cde4db1d88 SHA-1: 1c6139b3f7284fae03d72150d98fb23c2d7982e8 SHA-256: 459208c23804a0991d3b98a5c79a2e8002cfea4085ffdf2cc3fcdb5476999323
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for malware delivery or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39420402821.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f028bc90e85d1e99b42b1146330f445d/gogokiwejogudezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/xadidijobezezipilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/94721964485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7se2g71nc7plmqp5u0bitr9e6a/72660441185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/36960568241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/35838891494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a428a8cd023---76343370951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d48f01973656011fc5b1bdbf7b55ff4/62423669565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/16188190990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/wogudefilapesomege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/93098415906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd83b7c6a9---sedadokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160874dcc53f1a---77271209536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/joxepiwomavojidigujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/xupakegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cf3d05591---lejuzazapeledupuwabebofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/81305738126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/95876010843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/volapazukulizitufejiliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/27056125920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93968285552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/kokaliguvilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01ab0a427af60519b74cbfc8e1b0b23/jujugofezusijerimuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed7e3bb738---tetegas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=poe+first+among+equalsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f338.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF338 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 525d4450f213fd8e9ae8714f4b7af745ac9989a7a23bbb2f4d4b8854733ce75b
font_01_sfnt_off000113f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F2 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 65d809b288e5ebca865e02e8030a16b0aa385594f53c3502051c52e0c12c0dea
font_02_sfnt_off00012c8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C8E 18632 bytes
SHA-256: 549b40c5939b7191ef58b40952c110d44dcb6ec6179a09149320ec56aeba28d2
font_03_sfnt_off00015dbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1