Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b1246a332249148…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 15:08:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a8cfcec22dfed5b45fb52a12c848a061 SHA-1: cb84185c2f8a1786c33dd453d137ef465f9061df SHA-256: 4b1246a3322491488d196f09168eda064fb99c7b0938a2396fb0d92aefbacb60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used as part of a link farm to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa3188735557438483b2089933e677e/fepijazuvoritu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/walekapajitiruxapibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b5aa88f5c---bidogekijimerasidef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608224b5403e5---5264201896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/32155328659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/10628749693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b10d11a1f---vuzubizivowewodoxirovutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ira3q721v5aa0g467ig19gevq5/kibinulivufuzisabidivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e35627b18f1---6106655023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/240cbfb6462329a00c03bd6b298245e5/30515546078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhaipujullsps0k2lcu2hhlea6/gizilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/29414572908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/dinosazamogujojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f252218af333ef4eed5554a657edfb/25343631463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfad379f57---nelererorevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7psrs51j2bojpkbqa4v0c6e0q/91612409565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d08184846e---93187043860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/xojuxezujixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/1073735149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/zejezodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5ulcg84073p7lb4bqiv3jlv67/senepulola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkb8sc4fo95ckucv4jqd3im532/xoziravipubuwunarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekalocal.com/Maeka/UserFiles/File/99925667439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ea724f1b8---68856871315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b81343646208273fabb020687f7f08/27280506034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=isp+interview+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off000110bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110BD 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 6524dcd2336cbb456ca0fb5249ef3422da94473345396f77608dd21e17633e3d
font_01_sfnt_off00013f8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F8A 10688 bytes
SHA-256: d4d20c7b1c2e81a33adafb16ce9093d58d476b2388085c12d0d27c70ac335d97
font_02_sfnt_off00015804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15804 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1