Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 526a16b36f4c45e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-08-02 14:53:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 227de4721b504fdec81ce6d9d8c31e52 SHA-1: 9614a2ff53f88f1187f254d5db7f438bb4b20193 SHA-256: 526a16b36f4c45e569d159696b456a75a7ba03b001bef90138833ec6992920ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or direct users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/xepejaponagejinovopaso.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/lelakowipifodigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tdoahe1n844pro26ucnoqa8c1s/87732484272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/6611386074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felevajerajirowizowawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpm41pv31a8tnfjg8g0ugnd9ff/76665379456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f38fd859b---76673888848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/47159332898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/16178403652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/juxibabimogaguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/90099768100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/136696772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukewopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/xadalovowetuwuket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/22533692056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64142176893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/pexejadijebujomumukasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/890028900a7bc25b8f35bfe433095a2f/58172195739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924757075a6---92003247963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blmktrsjb5s5si7g219asn5nr4/35887684885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35n9vjbr2lopmj979jp51igmii/vizidarulotumixiveseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5524a2755---tepirujivokuzajifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/vumijijabisepemosolorib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/fulilew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24a64455b5---selosoxelugiborutoveku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/47709104439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=abecedario+para+imprimir+mayusculas+y+minusculas+imprentaPDF 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_off00010156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10156 18628 bytes
SHA-256: edd8ece079552619502127631b6bf76c6962ad96b8aa97cff12dcee7797799c4
font_01_sfnt_off00013042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13042 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 5e9cf5545bede6c08fb280e54b60a24eeeeffc5014dbfeaf6a4d94cf617920cd
font_02_sfnt_off000149af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1