Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 856ba7ea103372ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:50:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f837f18640daef24e7f959e0868e63d8 SHA-1: 0b9c2cff97a7657631e797e9a9afe7db2c15add6 SHA-256: 856ba7ea103372ca36fc9a657e5a7b6e41f2e884e32e8eb09555d5d39795c3e2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/tapejobamenud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd7000ad2af31309f2323367efc12953/16812027899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mallenmediations.com/mallenmediations/images/userfiles/file/webofasomawunugifinomuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefegatekovalupubomiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/5307090741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c732e6be1e---20692090980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/vipevigotajaserepobebotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/17228623793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e08c4acb37fec2e77337b34c64ece9f/46978827089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db5596a662---12734663688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2f8ecc4ec8c089f529f6d3fc941f644/8788687973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4c020645d---36528442147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kernenshepler.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gegidikejijenibiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldobini.it/userfiles/files/wakilotiridejapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/64296762491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/wedezoweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df0ba38b5c---45055140287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3q77obnp1k71cp8a4m3jcchnbt/59076782389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7faed232e723b7447eb15b7af01c993a/73850099417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721437e0aa5---fidugatewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/97198883430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/2822025330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f7dec437f---xadekize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=who+is+the+inventor+of+cotton+ginPDF 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_off00011b4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B4A 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 4a8610eb05fd0afc2459f9d91e6f7446aa006514e8d16d05910e4e175467476e
font_01_sfnt_off00013314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13314 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B26 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 61c8dd9e9447436ba03b0653fcbe23d637e763f99cfbe5f493b4548327089cc8