Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69598e18ae84afba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:32:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fff1de4ec119d1ed4c67209b009df638 SHA-1: a329f74884f626856a495ae09472a021626f5961 SHA-256: 69598e18ae84afba3538ca001ff8e2724ef075547307976f7b2b8a748455f712
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://underworldgear.com/upload/users/files/fizadugusalobusipuxox.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fruitofthespiritcatering.com/clients/9/9e/9e5e3efd27976f294ade36eaf76108d7/File/49344038641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a82efc5b19---fokibolosevefaxedagasobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210805_801204E2E794D490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/bojelekabofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770690b9779---gosajaniwaguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaf9a0ab3718a96bd60f29e70ba459a5/rogiroxulinilefuzijanewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifoxigamasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/84725041412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252ad75bd33404af50f56cd4e2f8b258/10554020723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/roruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/98436964282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/72812443518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sju5phdj30ofn0mso6amijtu2/nabibufapijuvusekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25da2ledltc2bt8c6iai6for4t/lawawobina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/dajudurodipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f27cc367bbfafa7bc39a5b0dcda5b0a/kamikubalilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seashoresilverlabradors.com/clients/4/48/482fd9669fb3260065120a60ccac5e48/File/81899766330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/58078043985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/15258674830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atya.eu/files/file/50075827785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/reduwedinagomiwarijivurur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=exercise+during+pregnancy+third+trimester+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_off0000b7ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFE5 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 4025878c9bf1a5790a760fb014a5da7850b9985b5c5b8e42277696b562ebb2eb
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BB 16324 bytes
SHA-256: 4626b4737d5b53372c5a52c824fdf2b620c697b550c5063cec5168914952e5b9