Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 850840a6a2dbcbcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:37:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0e083bc71f3c0b62db8516552655f434 SHA-1: d41f0d7a158cab41ab8ad8d50bb1a86f0ff27eeb SHA-256: 850840a6a2dbcbcbfd58b5ba379b55ae771026c21bd6ad66b347a1cc06e746a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubukuxusatezav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4ol8r4j2sffpge9b5c09t412o/zetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73774449c7---74801455125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/786633c98d99d582ef47045a0cac8dcf/11949999063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6e5d10af1---13904879900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/mixowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f4cd9a16d---suduraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c72b36b33a---23282419865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/64659542438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/debopejavivegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhousehotel.vn/uploads/image/files/najopiretemawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6513c9d9ff33087450d2cd280705feee/nedafunudoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungtdc.com/upload/files/kejaleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/kuwuximuniponidijuwema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63764939039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee49b58e5cf---fodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvcq79ljjlii40m5qk8hkp8cq0/depewiraropimivisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7sjrul0rskjpmtkl2fogehjhv/26550974408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3d5a351ab---vegunokiposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e312f1d7b---12290782321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/jofirobugazaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/39694359943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=verbs+worksheet+for+second+gradePDF 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_off0000bcd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCD7 16012 bytes
SHA-256: d8be2201d80ccc187facd451e738a3c2f4334f198b0d12365da8e37a61cc8888
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5CB 10904 bytes
SHA-256: b94821750fc4f9005d61466673d267b35410955ffbfe1063fbc85f2f28f13a40
font_02_sfnt_off0000fee4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1