Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5599c94f285a1558…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:04:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 54f3ec016421dabac4c1d9dc49e1a072 SHA-1: 9096b4efd1cdf59a6a188f1863a2dea360b27578 SHA-256: 5599c94f285a155893bcf75793745ed442248c210bc9bad1ded93f33a47eabc6
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 executing malicious code. The PDF also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/zezata.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1bohn4qion18kl2ro2udov53a/fujowakuzegorovipofoledip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa8ae963a1---30055358701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/21018723721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1970.org/clients/872719/File/mezadifurexasokufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba4665f3c9---rotukenenekawixekujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u867absgb4t11jick96o9ap2br/toxevokekadesazise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/lezokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/pivivipavejopalokowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610abb255f540---kegisojozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragoniresorts.com/userfiles/67673008456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kidonijavafixati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesukuxowamesejewad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/matet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-box.biz/upload/datoteke/bogokogamarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnrhc.com/clients/9/98/980d61ede38c9a35fe3396fb65651545/File/sabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/37296597447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/18731689592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/98573791245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12c007aa7aa6c140d96be2c5fcffade7/81453023381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rghsalumni.com/clients/82979/File/jaxabivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectprojects.ro/userfiles/file/xadarovulusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=insertar+documento+pdf+de+varias+paginas+en+wordPDF 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_off0000d68d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68D 11120 bytes
SHA-256: ecdab792dcc89f71f0f41eac8e2279c8974b44ccfd7f19add89ae44a6d5bea47
font_01_sfnt_off0000f061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF061 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10873 18648 bytes
SHA-256: f79eab122ebcbe7768dfe05d3137c52a241b57e4b7de3d5843ff02b78e5a4019