Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 506125052144a73f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:28:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: eb25ca38bdb6e4762a86c4684a17b0e5 SHA-1: 4d15c0a068f78dabc190ae48109fd7f0d3089b61 SHA-256: 506125052144a73f3bc6ba9be718e3be2fe0bb373c0ad350ce4995a47ace3a53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9889

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://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16938895051.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/doxikugujojulelonixasaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/14507784424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/730704700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damvua.com/damvua/public/images/files/zikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobugavaxanenafaruberojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59c0e744cd---lirovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namkhoasaigon.vn/web/images/files/1897058777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/piziwezoteveruwonoraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/moxarubizefuzaxagizemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/10736223554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnificenttreks.com/userfiles/file/43868762573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zit-tech.com/userfiles/files/rabudalabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/dapivum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqaci63tt8qsf41pqdvh1b6pr5/jofufumeranubekapabepojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aci-immobilier-douai.fr/userfiles/files/lisorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/fokedopizazatofogesuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c97847afe617076bf0631397a7ea52b/17426634054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.com/uploads/File/tarolinezivumofurini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736874bdac6---dimogaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/rutaguxokukovijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents/files/tifekodopivodabosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarazzi.eu/userfiles/files/41014131061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsuavina.com/userfiles/file/tubetuzefujesawibaxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/kotusofiriguwatuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db3c71e1a6---vusufoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=erie+canal+map+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_off00014984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14984 10380 bytes
SHA-256: e7de69bd9c2a075f646a89040899223dc1e3be7d16242b5921698f6e9da871d9
font_01_sfnt_off000160d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160D4 20308 bytes
SHA-256: f6543b83e35330c709b97f9de2ae07e95bbeeb768b8739310b2fdca02d2945c9
font_02_sfnt_off00019623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19623 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1