Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a8b18770feb1988…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:56:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 24c5c00b489e1e894e1158eaac19943e SHA-1: 14b881e5160a7de9ac54690437b73e3efecbafb0 SHA-256: 4a8b18770feb198814a92859a0588c376842a924f198ec8d9f15f5c2c7d9e3e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads or redirecting the user. The link farm structure, utilizing disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads, suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://limsurempat.com/contents/files/figukafazoxefubivevobov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/vowuburolezitafewiduvolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/51942956132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/wulewumagokukuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed4a516980---sinuzelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c3229a96b---nokutajenadibedelov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrecchina.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96091838673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/34200132271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/58742989830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinist.store/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/majalow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carolinevlieghe.fr/images/file/nosikesorurub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manhchenang.vn/webroot/img/files/76795565269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwopolubuleguvamixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clarkfamilybuilders.com/home/clark/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigogurusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4b3bcd454---78768402959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908072141684753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transdeliveris.lt/userfiles/file/89985715857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiofruits.com/admin/uploads/files/72277351992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wigixeraxili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/gejejiwatowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/negubolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/41870207525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/68755982099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/71740371271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/52097575721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=fifa+soccer+apk+modPDF 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_off0000de6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6D 17980 bytes
SHA-256: fd69bff85a64ead887e6e4d155c27c7f5dc9b148e15d666ffa1e78f82584f33a
font_01_sfnt_off00010d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1B 10600 bytes
SHA-256: a2536f51b537b5aa133cb4644cd8732289bdf6c6bb53025c0c583f950286e674
font_02_sfnt_off00012555.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12555 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1