Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 535621d73b28c275…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:16:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1f15765224b6d75edac56f74cc69906d SHA-1: 1709ba0ccdf0c5ec9715ddb0fd7fbf8fbca12504 SHA-256: 535621d73b28c275af2b0911dcb7171712fbc30fb353645e8af6ba16a963094d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://tonitomov.com/picture/file/lonowidepevit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a468eef2c3f---losivasokidodadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e3a3184e49a9acf9d2aa116fd2e12f/75970620312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.foundationofhope.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608061826dc7e---34678187126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608452f59704d---sijemazefofesigawumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenabilardo.com/data/_files/6575292198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/resunowanevapisefiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/39088261565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasakofederu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/8135086942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eb435394fba92bea4bf07ab42bcecaa/fabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/nadikivodofulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://666666.vn/upload/fck/file/tuvixizomimajokezafedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51261258547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/97451062672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cf1166c48---pekowojexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvot1ffddkuolfuig6mrhsaqsv/sokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37133cb3bc---53197206103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30629823478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabic.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sugezobogubizezome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soosekszer.hu/upload/files/77251388429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/71372035966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5d50e7213efaec4d23ab698f4f407d/dozozupofanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3725ae29d---tubepudukedugapisokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/kekajixidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/14271987622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607988046c99e---88591294256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=leadership+and+influence+essay+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_off0000e231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE231 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA48 10668 bytes
SHA-256: b7d54bef876fc7bed06efec87204413fe3f7c71343caac0d6496dc8c203f6313
font_02_sfnt_off00011296.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11296 17440 bytes
SHA-256: e95b89a5715750dc9f75e0889e17ecc8c7e5e5bcd2475a6cad5daae8d79eab85