Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 588aa074e73f6eef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 12:10:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 2c817b167ee7f42a6415c6e98b79f59e SHA-1: 27ac09fa98481d69b2b79a44bf972947cb860965 SHA-256: 588aa074e73f6eef3e4f30de64a0bd8956a275a7a4717dd842deedbd9406ce81
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites hosting PDF files, which is a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or perform malicious actions within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://stellar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fu-xin.tw/uploads/files/202109130807184514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newcityhk.com/userfiles/vojikuzumejoriruropuguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/zuwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/xexutodukazexusafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekadozisil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/nesudobupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajkolandia-leszno.pl/userfiles/file/fifimoxipojuremoleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdpq.hungminhits.com/files/uploaded/files/nukuvoribajogawido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/dusujepewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/218821893730307a7dc4709d51df7042/wosajine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad29b86a1c---tuponudorafepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drigungkagyurinchenpalbarling.org/upload/userfiles/files/41376840042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futuralagoparking.eu/userfiles/files/misakujoremerufesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevalixojakutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/85780652665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/userfiles/file/xozegojudoxafegubepivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/43257668240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastijptoto.com/contents/files/xiguxodakilazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desaxifizuvinufunekuxudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjavc.com/filespath/files/20210916032852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/90293013187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/gagufakewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxegepelorobadavewobabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=new+version+of+vidmate+appPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8267cbad4---12276350585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e2d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D7 17984 bytes
SHA-256: f238b0ab61094911042ecbd2ae93e30238489033f2abb3f87a9ece3637388ac6
font_01_sfnt_off0001119e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1119E 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 7a48fb6f6794df2b9d269443b89a1b6b358a1c8ad2b96069737c2c803722e5c7
font_02_sfnt_off00012a64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1