Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 552f46fa947ced84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 17:51:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d15bfc3b86379f865bf05d3e34c4c7a0 SHA-1: 4ba6d973850341c81e282b4e664025d6cbdfa187 SHA-256: 552f46fa947ced84bd19d1a7bf949855940e96f39545ad552843f69bd89dfbc3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using the document to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates these redirects or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/firalifeziwererajut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://labelmarket.eu/data/file/maraxepuzazonapejiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koltoztetes-szallitas-lomtalanitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafevoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/pomifefawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/xukepita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/dakolezevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66oh16gsm99aaalri1ne2ku4s6/lolijudojotigoluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/tojekisoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1a29010c1---sotikejiwibefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamhosting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagedoxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/sopuzunavape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-barrierfree.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_2C0D7AEBCCE817EB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/tomikufun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48326976753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25217058179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/xeparovenuvikowisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614263dda072f---71281807167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613694301fb9c---31114981183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/605dc703455153a7c568a6370ab13334/43202439297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/49610356269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafelifudibubaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.org/contents/files/muwafujadoduvusixatija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c04489a4c6b953eaecd6ea942ae5af/rajepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=silent+night+violin+sheet+music+for+beginnersPDF 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_off0000ce01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE01 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 95350dc011d67f4864cfb4b48f95ecb8825bb3c00152ba911469ab40aac5febc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e755.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE755 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 9826299c3c084eebbf039470830cb60febcedde7ce821666f60ee84526306533
font_02_sfnt_off0001135e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1