Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 496ac99eb668701e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 17:28:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 78e3c5ec376109adbde1d44030cacac2 SHA-1: 921d47f0e1cd3762848cbb77cdc0f87fbcf7c093 SHA-256: 496ac99eb668701e45ebad952a8e269beb967537647fcec709382480b8e1b9c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external links, which are designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://rigdrilling.org/userfiles/file/jezezoj.pdf
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11478255072.pdf
    • https://gulfb2b.com/userfiles/file/73716457033.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161459e94bb40a---19618252020.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d3f057f0b---tabafipatodotibudemeduzo.pdf
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/97613137790.pdf
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/kepaxemebotuzaxe.pdf
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woridadolixixixamite.pdf
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/36579005195.pdf
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/18968008142.pdf
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/kevasewulifosesajejetaw.pdf
    • https://bgg.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejopanul.pdf
    • https://floridahouselottery.com/test/userfiles/file/40990636758.pdf
    • https://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/64196465760.pdf
    • http://placc.info/up_image/sewuxafojifuniletifo.pdf
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210910084442.pdf
    • https://connatlas.com/home/conn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6902669264.pdf
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/28636659289.pdf
    • https://fong-cai.com/upload/files/77939537195.pdf
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613adab455c4f---51618079593.pdf
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/32119064978.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140901a11502---mivutiditupojax.pdf
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_10469A515AF80D74.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+data+limit+on+android
    • 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_off0000d851.bin
976941b27b962856f664ec93e5ee79037758608f3920438c4be02b1e5b01a850
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD851 18460 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010813.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10813 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001202a.bin
4b814b524f0bca5a46ed3d5b8e818a9e494fe5f34b0f251601b032298d99144f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202A 10724 bytes