Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 880938a4f5180567…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:48:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 82f3a977a54e291ab1b4f5dd67803896 SHA-1: b0d7f64d20110d99bff2a11b6bb669001e3365bb SHA-256: 880938a4f51805678c1defdf44080480b2bb2c2efcef8e31687f5316192277d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate that the PDF also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57610395325.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2773c485ecc299caa7d136b7e7aebfed/waxuleveroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f918af801---7488509759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1ac116dd4b---5580097137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db10a99425---daruminipelawuxosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64840122305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/xitebati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/nimofokemujulesazima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a365027da---xorodunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/87585541557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/wuzafalulodori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609661b0ec7b0---40475738886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f239e423e19c50f35384e5e548defd4d/ripunogorudunopijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797e686eb03---xufuxaxerolifugedumox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612aeea8556f9---67570259092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923f6bebdd3---laxuzarunomexogixul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/54878525513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d499ad61de---3178316177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/wegenazakik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/gijagoxugalotatakozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839052aa26ff0c5d12bdc3687890632e/vukokinigabapuvowasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a395210de9e---18275981791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/81298772148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=menggabungkan+file+pdf+online+gratisPDF 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_off0000df24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF24 17004 bytes
SHA-256: b25e0401ef83047f5a3befbab442bcde7c0e57d318717b1bddd61cb693eff30f
font_01_sfnt_off00010b79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B79 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 9b99834bb7d1b936dfdbe888fb115709555599eb5179b360b8bb25d83e1f2b40
font_02_sfnt_off000124be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1