Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a2617e23353289c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-08-27 16:16:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: b8503bce7d8d2afb8890eb404546f22b SHA-1: 7b3799040a7e20b57d02310f38bb9d8558b50938 SHA-256: 4a2617e23353289c9d751c14b680c156cf95021d9b0fc785f2b3afda33efbffb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning model. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is used for phishing or to distribute further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/alihcibh1v05cibqt4jd7dj7u0/kavuwuwevixuxuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1a90da7f41---jopagenegaruwunimabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19906503295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/xuvudedijijivaduwagozeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d074d693d3---lazopusifaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9849d024357eb52efdfcb14dc829f1a1/kuluxunojiwezutezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/82329738322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/97969926441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/57184620829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/8426842958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/wonuxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161194fdb9f9d3---tozesubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27a3389f4e---kinegilizerepedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/tokazedevuguvajik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b2cd7f18b---66899230989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ed209a4359f2c74b3f2c9c3b48b9de/vaxofidono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942dafcb42d---beletotizikovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimansion.com/uploads/file/wejutenijodanididenedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d36be9c083c---nuwumedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saziwupatoxexonozudulis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110b31966814---92355249212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a320b56e71f---xazedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/nofobozererizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/tafegaxagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/97011526113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/35811797457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=close+encounters+of+the+third+kind+alienPDF 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_off0000cf75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF75 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 08784859ae0ac55c50b0944af82bef9164867e3c0d25fb2ab5e46e29d8ecc950
font_01_sfnt_off0000e84f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10061 18920 bytes
SHA-256: ac64287e97da6b24907c17466a837667e983dff287ea0a0d9e304b298e4181bb