Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 873328b5f1edd65b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 21:13:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6b93f1d54ef8c82ab2f09ee5dde15670 SHA-1: 6071cf3461a084d0d374ebe6757f09937ccd7e0a SHA-256: 873328b5f1edd65bb95e92346c68c79f27f20ccdf78b8719962cdf28680f5c82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubatalezonasolodorazite.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e9f080ea1841fdb8511463a841a1143/36608247764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/41014730712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f37e6bf49f---44121586666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/bodunata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789c43364e7---44292642249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/donegoxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf27fb2a1b7870cfe5ce87191d012b1/46830447048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4625397740---25480351663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/11185321891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/62832049846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t10viebjdge626pkuojr3c5eq/sajonarowisekasusupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/userfiles/files/fomakekopiwizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a28f5c30c2---95289074436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huanghecables.com/d/files/70384105679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/24061923737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f24c08c852---41804187391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/pisuteladabovutufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ada40b79a---38409686819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf89623f4fb---faxavidola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b574ea80485b49b5e427d5b49f0e2ddb/powalifipukexolutodaveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/18867874566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091dae9c53ff---surusajeviduvukisafaxataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+expunge+a+misdemeanor+domestic+violencePDF 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_off00010dd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD2 17188 bytes
SHA-256: e80928102373b334d05292ed532ee5792ec2aa3d2548506ff861d2d92a319685
font_01_sfnt_off00013ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AE0 11268 bytes
SHA-256: f4415c26481be368543a22beecb855956f186de0c9803061b5a3a06598e03b79
font_02_sfnt_off00015536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15536 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1