Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508bafc6cc11185e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:36:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 327eb2b58132fd7d3e65428348689f8b SHA-1: 88146b313485b64feb02c24e8901336b193fbaa0 SHA-256: 508bafc6cc11185eed32cd987b48e11c139b9f66ef7bab09f6e309008d980b5c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external PDF files. The heuristics indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://vrindaindia.com/php/joseph/uploads/file/13515139624.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78620580590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alde-pace.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6774960634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/zolurapakazonemitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/60831505948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winstar-tools.com/UserFiles/editor/file/80333098441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/gudopijipuwolelufafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/94290203098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radtel-sport.pl/userfiles/file/lelazazamebuxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/25936536390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd17772dae---vexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arsvet.ru/img/upload/mowilejomilarutawedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents/files/rizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e09a8781a9---jefukosirivoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/75060114647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/jegadixavekaxazepomivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavaxosudekoronepusawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb5fc61b86---jekuzipanuxuweradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvalleykerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79710624818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/5134967539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pb-book.com/user_file/file/dezateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datxeninhbinh.com/data/dulieu/files/7574443374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137088189537---1915737637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bckbytow.naszbip.pl/img/upload/files/sigomodamagesavexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicklason.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedojojedebizedobinaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/dizupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=walk+through+walls+cheat+for+pokemon+fire+redPDF 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_off0000be92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE92 16912 bytes
SHA-256: ffbbb5a8ede850981a9d6ffe690fadfe4f66c2ad811d4dad4afd7986fa75d631
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001023e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1023E 11340 bytes
SHA-256: c3c792769dbb0ed2546493597d0b4373d6dc52d8c0c36d0151edbdc820c38d54