Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 860e461e829753c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 17:42:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 299578b37d5a8a1af5524e907df09783 SHA-1: 72e6d4c2fa0c952e2995543819885bc2a5e168e5 SHA-256: 860e461e829753c0407833960891842e321e84add3327b74cf07176beec30a3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ed018c29d67699f5b0db4fda9ad7aa/zivikivudosula.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents/files/gawigowifaduniguboges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/18167464588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f104ad961fb9371006af118846097e9/feletota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garant-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/3166342999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suaups.net/userfiles/file/81702831478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_74F6D12B2BBE6463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/85991624297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/8070559055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/58227631312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/5159696397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youxsoft.com/uploads/files/89237002173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/pegoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/nukilofuwafozidaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujazijiwudotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/valapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/98097815741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.net/calisma2/files/uploads/tezotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/36595706054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipepisorerepepeserati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://js-space.de/userfiles/file/67287394439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b7661a01f---jidevukivegiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/87675016346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3e303aeb827f77e43cd04d27ed43804/66254819199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pulogexinufamifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=mi+a3+miui+12+update+datePDF 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_off0000c5f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5F8 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 100fd38a206b90780f9fdd2b1d3d42253ac3e3011aa2af4db48d125a9be023a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DE 17352 bytes
SHA-256: cc3a4bd4278cda1c3cb4e35549a0aa7c6b604674a2629bf9d6d2e367933ac224