Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 806653a9cd1a7dca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:47:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 49a1e724edab3b4cb7b731128107add4 SHA-1: 8f06f38afbaf49f340806b1d106d464b1f72f2aa SHA-256: 806653a9cd1a7dcaae920ffb598cc0e214a78692beb65ecf7024fa80ee8d6133
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 exploiting PDF viewers or delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites or link farms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mit+secondary+school+report+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4npb5gdempjh146qgq8ocmgi14/guvagogexarafitegidivipez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valaptop.com/ImagesVA/file/walaxanel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a4e69ce44---fapeboluwakizafonenuzasoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/patolemiladaxebepozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca1717b690---likazitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609835db1d208---51636120315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/21162087216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/jamaberosere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607485049b4df---80775715691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/juwanolevegiwugawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210601_223023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxuxamuvipuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/71685198387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servauto.fr/img/user/file/fokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3729dc1205ade2ce874d126daa68ddb4/deroro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/40544585256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/58482218759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qrt87m8l9lbs078i1vep1dbpmc/fenipigunetamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lerajalubosamozuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/5007105099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c54ac758e2---tokafokinetuvekoreme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j961hngfsre1e0i517hb40n45/17682678857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/8593760870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/miruniledapuvizoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5cf78303d1---benag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10946 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12158 18424 bytes
SHA-256: 4dfc500d9be4e070bfe4ca3b3b9bb9259b1eb01af7a5c9f739dc27c599e29759
font_02_sfnt_off00015138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15138 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 8380db4b04a29c44e433b17a6f8913bd10b56f0897b256cb950216bd6372783b

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