Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84ab510d49f9630d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:32:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2da7ea5fa55fc4f2d3eda5650cc4097e SHA-1: b1de5ec591b83221947173751907545bebabc5f4 SHA-256: 84ab510d49f9630d25d5aeac1eb1635ca476dfa744b8348b4a2a9056e68860d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4684a66a5794f3b75f60a426a13c3f9f/kasoxajixixifijo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/71187801952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202108141851455498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a245f941d3c---10080470249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/6795584228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fee1fcadd35---ranetujajaxujebakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/75856928537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coeb.eu/userfiles/files/70561988821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b06d4f8ea03139e39572eaac23cfdb8a/guxulibetugaked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e850f38b37ab01fa6bbb9c263c16143/88354949101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c76c853fb96f1c4516eff21cde87c1bb/52011269807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/jerinatafukurekuniteza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/begizakibaliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/mejusopirusolukujizefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778c88357380c28d8538163c81749fab/wubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/83622625319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/paluwinabuduzobaxosabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee11e9eb1a---63913555007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73920296486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15a6e0bcb8---13320272033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibds.net/images/files/87550304028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/766f2943869d08c7be0b46885f441a41/pogelodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f234a41cc1aadba47e49061139b87775/51156420571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/97417779525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=environmental+science+thesis+topics+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_off0001461c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1461C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015e2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E2E 19280 bytes
SHA-256: bbb650d19f4425e62568aff7e857e6524d29050d19b41fc29b6677961ee2d4a0
font_02_sfnt_off00018fe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18FE7 10932 bytes
SHA-256: f987a888c139c70c45e6199b14eda3efd445c9c3593e45bf80e12d3e05759913