Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 708ea32436935d24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:46:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0ef812a608561b5acbeb766d012cbc1c SHA-1: ae6de82f336c560413e480e5d64b5c0d6cf20265 SHA-256: 708ea32436935d2491bfa2cbb17930af4b01f30f4705be358bd05182108f9e4a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious or phishing URLs, which are presented as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://anzhero-sudzhensk.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekude.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawabizaxebegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/41695930693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210909060103101017zpef9fmfb3ma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/livilefozejitibova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319e150f06a---domaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/56790596045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/93185083150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24a70e3151a20cd3b66270f0a55b718b/givunabevagim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jv-cms.crazy-jessie.nl/uploads/files/28426845191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17784174247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133abfa55d68---50225533650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/36884697096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/rokunupelosalexida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613178dd397c9---28648370349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/39778916908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/jurotevinidano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/15623007128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/2021916183704676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaditrading.com/userfiles/files/bumiwepusabobeluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/wemapelafite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/39911809128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/tawilezonoramodevodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d2dgroup.net/upload/files/81410648216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sitilekaxubinejele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=android+messenger+chat+heads+active+notificationPDF 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_off0000da72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA72 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 7f973861c38191c5a6d0392d82a55a7ad169ff5832c2c2ab45d0cd89437f36f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF365 17880 bytes
SHA-256: fd871d5c2c73546adeb8e2745ed77ac708d41c6feedae67318434f96e0d2233c
font_02_sfnt_off000120d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1