Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 578552aa5aa88f11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:04:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5a5a47dd00362486c16b50c482d90e71 SHA-1: 0731c073ca4424ce989ac5094dfb31121db78008 SHA-256: 578552aa5aa88f11f305af09a5b1868c6d90115eceafac40abb2424f6f8532d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, while the link farm aims to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially leverage SEO poisoning tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/liritaxubokufad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mehfermobilsaglik.com/userfiles/file/57170179437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39461023503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/koxadawipewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solo-reisen.com/media/images/file/90763858261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d41e91f09f39990f65e3425d97dd7983/99685949502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93674948022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2drb76v1i28qfqghpk63pce6/vajoxowerikuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff2deb73b2f2f2217cb63c2f9aad7eac/zomabolevomevavap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urology-andrology.com/userfiles/file/kamakuzexalet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dawatimutosuvagozuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/45404300645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlbcsimleague.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekuniwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/dipuxirijewoxivadexute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fwstc.in/userfiles/file/41715410397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/76994570439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://femagnet.com/upload/edu/article/file/46689933851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/69701106491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353f40aa33a---35381556066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/42304894028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/95003246887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/86882618766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/babaxeruropivipuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/74313345371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+excel+best+converter+onlinePDF 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_off0000d749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD749 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 5175b1170031cdf59aedbf81794d84239fd928bf3420edb2a155aee588e5e604
font_01_sfnt_off00010462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10462 10616 bytes
SHA-256: b1e35d0468d98a6ab22c287fccbd335fe80c0f2336c98883722477267b5e934c
font_02_sfnt_off00011ccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1