Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 597d1da4eb729891…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:47:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1045e126e39cded73a35c3491d496e39 SHA-1: 6a8571df6804db7a003fb8c36f51e70fee6a8d11 SHA-256: 597d1da4eb729891dbf789584a92c5d1df93d94d17b71b0d28f726d2d3a42439
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are likely compromised or disposable, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or a downloader for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/sofugur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a557423043291bd18bc516abaeb919d5/37990227731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607247432303c---lexovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/xupedaxukoxupeduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/807d3c0bfa348f0312c37fc81cfa4272/ziroduduledopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://odontologosmalca.com/images/userfiles/file/33987127410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/nizebazadenitemabuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/bakosewesowobojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucjfdbdrp719h1426o5cfif3hl/lopifutuxawakufepedufagir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/nefegukipudifigazekive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/48094295651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612556140a208---32113139890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themalc.org/files/file/tabegutuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/56165359376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113a11f433dc---pekunovozipufemufumazexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/87593735585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/19638131602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragojuxakopaxubobozape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adaa5a14b4a3f60c8d0ac8cb5c7cf769/dobunosuronon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/61318303884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51875416276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/25800019707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a5dd2c2cc---14466151910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10qq5m2gc4nqovfjfv87huk9n3/27230850069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21ea014d05---9523543033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/romepilisifunubagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/26394684281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgunbey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/3134523992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=cuidados+intensivos+para+enfermeria+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_off00010a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001222e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1222E 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 0420607c40379a1d89fbcf2d21879ffb2e3f2f8231d5d599d6d9eed078294f90
font_02_sfnt_off00013b27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B27 21180 bytes
SHA-256: 1960f25f6363dd5c8efd957785ebbab5fc838bef647e3eb34ecb13b4bf6e7c4e

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