Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84fa699996b210c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:09:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 48b7f4164b168660feb55c5325761e90 SHA-1: 31df856dcaff7e737a2d3ee98142d6b0f87a38c0 SHA-256: 84fa699996b210c70249bdc2353baf6a4a51ba01ca6ed329f5d21ca8b46bbd3a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://aerotechgroup.ru/img/outer/files/6873943795.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vevo.keresztessyoptika.hu/elemek/file/87246623477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/22653983972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiwojizefenemetoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613510009848d---21857685437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/38706778737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab67072e48---77995084955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454cba70c16---6970259739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/92521634270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chengzechem.com/upload/files/zumeguganofisuxida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/28992099976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/padopafafumuxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landia-print.com/pdir/file/9393787323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e4f15b862---fizoziwuvakigukotepomutiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.bet/contents/files/89874245191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wiskind.com/filespath/files/20210902234940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/dizexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/19586452807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d76201a89---42339342760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruh-center.ru/userfiles/file/34690316680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11807122427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bf4499aec3121327c795a9910fccd9a/44929228542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/82558107615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/24451754638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stphilomenaonline.org/userfiles/file/ribifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+old+version+of+free+firePDF link annotation
    • https://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210907/16309843781178.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_off0000e4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F8 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 9cf61bc96159d80c03f7dc433ff6be7dbd35bd2694824a0c96a7aabf644de8ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD8 18324 bytes
SHA-256: fc7c47081a4e5d88fbd7a744a6cb207d1f1c0c5e03638fafce6871563578b189
font_02_sfnt_off00012dd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1