Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 489d01c9b94285c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-10-05 04:45:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1d9ec79b56441c5858a3a1ae05f5de62 SHA-1: a99e9ecb4136a826140840fe1bbfea34b877a832 SHA-256: 489d01c9b94285c5840ace3d3c674df4c394434bde48dc8877075948ed642e70
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/85185443842.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oasis-travel.ro/files/2261036729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210906012716_894084268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148fa49ed400---21322130074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b9cf3f021f---sogapibewudirifaxomimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/jamonazanogepurigodowipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/41663252718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nasoxawepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/kunedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/fadupovasagune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsphc.com/userfiles/file///75619946256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hansungid.com/userfiles/file/41072573698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genbreedpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/75937960326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/6879960222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mama.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxafoluweketofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_BA5A3DDD39F611D3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161453f206f6c6---88025905417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chasehr.in/userfiles/file/53119917368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satunatc.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugekulugekuvifukejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/monakisifugaxikimakitunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/wupetuxaruraroduzafuvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51885872357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/58181942865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/zumugabigosidafubalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfaaa.com/UploadFile/file/20211005093553676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colormotion.cz/UserFiles/file/kuridilewapuzopivebagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+marketing+strategies+involved+in+entrepreneurshipPDF 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_off0000dc64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC64 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 590d8df7d02d2282a6c7389f029884212231b8e5af738e924fa306cf20bc7740
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DE 16196 bytes
SHA-256: 46a0cd67378537b2d6eaceb1772dd43e0220b68ffa773cd9df6e0cc9f1e6500c
font_02_sfnt_off00011f20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1