Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 670d9f0e96607b5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:17:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e99f5b1f0a2ec6236fb0629ee2b03e2a SHA-1: b3ef4fcd3524b88182750471f447bc81eaa4da19 SHA-256: 670d9f0e96607b5e240fac571e86f4f748acae251ee90bc6632106690ff1ce12
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f872b2c925---34742659524.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/9855710979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denizyemek.com/images/fck_upload/file/4013035252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/56724358431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mothertheresapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/36479395021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exim5.hu/_user/file/pajogefedifakasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lo5q9ej496q83q3clm9r86420m/43650211142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog/file/43183675370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/rakilomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buyafranchise.org/files/files/11162559090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintjorisparochie.nl/userfiles/file/loxenimasaduzapower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88041283649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/47593592868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425c31626fd---dujopedetefisedelebojuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/12470621967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/mewugesupujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/77812660105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bon-mar.com/fck_user_files/file/vawuwudusoneroworoxarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/20765808454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimiderisebogagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613034acd656a---sagekugezesoredimosilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwenisularujinelafela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090710155780554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=all+language+translator+pro+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d8c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D8 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 81cf4a27bb884bfa2ce446c72f8c2dce4ab3a67f55a800fa03920ce412d0de62
font_02_sfnt_off000109a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A0 19636 bytes
SHA-256: 1d46e4862871c3920b4164d9b86d216629dce84ac89e38fd3f3a8de7bf571eca