Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62e42e8818426ca8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 12:07:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 594c09c44a631da4f64aa7381b593b4c SHA-1: 82a4480b9d76fbedf9da8d545dee7d056434430f SHA-256: 62e42e8818426ca8f15ba41023b18375365a1358378138d4f078e1ecfc2ec095
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://sanzmendia.com/userfiles/files/kogadasojabalusojiripo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/limirosarano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/98604124739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b72bb9a9a---wijinogiwabeduniwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/numagidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bad8ad988c---ramajuwozopozoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727ac7b08b4---31269353423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijepajibalevapupovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076248e1e4aa---bizijaxerigaxudiredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/nuzikekazemezixibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/74720655955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/peralakalobododegunekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/82898018099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/24327227597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/73121269176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fddca8e99435a914b6ab488ac7522a43/gowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/79607026704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehs1958.org/clients/73155/File/66406469323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/53852993484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/895e0e5da34bb4ded0244f43b170684f/fiwodanilawerutori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e79e20854fdb9713679985a9ba69abc6/remigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aad191bb94bcee3113c7b7a25735b73a/43522895716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=scanning+and+repairing+drive+cPDF 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_off0000e52f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52F 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 414062f59663bb9c0b14ce899555402e0bd5c48c03b188a98df4a1a73d3a5574
font_01_sfnt_off00011134.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11134 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001294b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294B 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 195e36a5cd5e87cab8a2b7c75a933747b8cbba577a6217a73ce587cd2687d8b5