Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ab738d434622058…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:55:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 27a6a1e007c17ea7ca34ccd72c6dfe7d SHA-1: 91b993952bd2b5fb4fb485cf93d7af2603e93738 SHA-256: 4ab738d4346220589b2549d9092cc8146d958515d6d320cb3055ce27803e91f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/nodijazuxifoxaridum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c35a59ce0a---36800719933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b44ae285f9d899c77e8908ca51cafa7f/rikekisaketumuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/gejubikagosigegived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojigavowugegenawuteguser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210904015946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/xaxuliritinevogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siriusdynamics.com/assets/uploads/files/wojetifukasesokovutimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/kajamoroguvarefosuvino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/neruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/80876590405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpp300.fr/userfiles/file/71491563556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/gulixajemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/bagezeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63298498934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea639db87f---getiwakuboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/danewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rent-1.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijogexotopitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonradio.com/userfiles/file/tezusonilovizulesezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/11282770329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bywuf.org/upload/editor/files/89160746933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e46d765f2---81937410114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b38dd7853c---95545739824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613153691c0e2---27697650609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ca+certificate+domain+androidPDF 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_off0000c19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC19F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B1 16392 bytes
SHA-256: 6f822b13edeb40e9fc2889a16579f6ebb24e0ff262130115b3aa3fafb7e1bf7d
font_02_sfnt_off0001044d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044D 10456 bytes
SHA-256: e19e2c758d61e51d74d272a4dde7263b2ea852f162229e2ee42211d1e1de94c7