Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 505483e9ab1501f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 21:57:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 55561a754619600d2e8e3c9c4c99e7cb SHA-1: 9af5802ba2bb8f8c46cc10968dd18c30a630a062 SHA-256: 505483e9ab1501f21ccbcb71779a2a720d6b672b871c4a07aabe3138ead58d12
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 or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further indicates malicious intent, likely to obscure the final destination or host malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://bluebossa.pl/files/file/94840061845.pdf
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/mosakulegefazuwo.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318c99b3611---patukedel.pdf
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fddebfb4b---ravazef.pdf
    • http://baocaosuhoatoc.com/luutru/files/vatalarujonudajefa.pdf
    • http://chothuexehochiminh.com/userfiles/file/wamolasid.pdf
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/xalugag.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7d26f2957---30304262979.pdf
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/73268908040.pdf
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/80006312250.pdf
    • http://yejiya.com/userfiles/file/7650292962.pdf
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_25AA2A0E06D63719.pdf
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/megubobomamokitatugewonog.pdf
    • https://aramlasmerok.hu/uploads/file/nuvepibuvukosudo.pdf
    • http://kovospm.cz/fotky/file/99114061717.pdf
    • http://domki-kopalino.pl/pliki/zagepudojos.pdf
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44340460026.pdf
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/22579147574.pdf
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210906140305.pdf
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/gesajikijirikulu.pdf
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifaxuvu.pdf
    • http://csp.hu/editor_up/fekedixajoledebof.pdf
    • http://triple-a.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87946746599.pdf
    • https://hankilfood.com/userfiles/file/20210911091906.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=ios+pokemon+spoof
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d33a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD33A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb4c.bin
b92f428fbbfcf4e6c3dbef6fc6658cfe91ce7142407d08c53a7a4ef6781ff166
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4C 18528 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ba8.bin
e98037d4ebeaf292574d6aee66506bf55baa78367f74258d28b281f006a30391
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA8 10064 bytes