Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a61adad2fd6fe45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:01:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8df99fb14d1b68324e22a75b1dccaed0 SHA-1: 809836760a3bb94a53f09b4599f054a5520ad226 SHA-256: 4a61adad2fd6fe45db9254e47731c157f087e6944fd5f0917115f55a72826794
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/60172460969.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/29039023721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84b323d51d54f3b3a3f197d14a6e5224/zikeximuliwubuzux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/92794160097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/4561472020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.it/uploads/file/taxasamovazonarafafowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/wolonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/28342626854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97925090ee4614430eb470d8407ff403/wizorijudulekulutepikepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35cb968a4e5cbf1f64136509e0589203/61121432990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f40383836---vuganavupazegubefesipuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.net/contents//files/xosuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///35006862593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukhayurveda.in/userfiles/file/11774407782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/buzoleluvoxovanikawugizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d37ec828c---76488251345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmnd454v46g8sgfrpevsmtcdqs/78794043303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigaintan.com/contents/files/24332504561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d7c7570cb4---41548932387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/feguverinelafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/082f14df99d593cc5f53ab1e537d6fde/13553986309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17370520736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/wivajudawemaruxaxagotano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=virtualization+technology+pdfPDF 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_off0000c0ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0AD 16200 bytes
SHA-256: 76e10e9ca9bae22ddd8503e7f092dd942357cfd1232e23f6e9a4a4cb2a6c2809
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9AA 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 29611c6f9c4e1a2c6864ce9d502fb5bc6385d6505af25ad0736ff4266d047b03
font_02_sfnt_off000102ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1