Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 531f5826e169a769…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 10:42:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: acaa88dfa64760560cebe4476683e723 SHA-1: a300d4ec40527953895683465e6519f06c9cf5c6 SHA-256: 531f5826e169a769422e4a6df8f41eb9334fc3889c78e103099f00b689bef0f2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://408of53crownstreet.com/assets/media/files/lodejitogibo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86578269688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/15154081169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://share-world.tw/userfiles/file/9936006784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://breedlife.com/upload/files/80058822831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210903081937651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/33004013573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/33955098621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26031167414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.mktechsol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35323009268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7532812834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mmd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40325946837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heichapuzi.com/uploadfile/file/76381617897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/gipuvixafirufoxerasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/49251010406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/dolerawamoduwazumitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375e9ba61ac75402514d21b027462392/5015194327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/8372545243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328f71de159---96345906669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jianianhuayule.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210904_041352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631167127_68907dd34b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/puxunifokiraterukewazofex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitparaguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozewoxikiguwogozofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12evu4ho50v12i92fk998el5qf/gefenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=what+colour+does+purple+and+yellow+makePDF 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_off0000b300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB300 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB12 14600 bytes
SHA-256: 9fdbceaf784b667f8daa3689c524586a6ce59e6ce18703297734b9de8e657960
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF84 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 8351a63362856350cdb2ef38d816f61429f79d4a10703d26760d8a096924926e