Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8851702fb8c3e23f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:17:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9ba9be0d449a5cec4252c5f909de34c3 SHA-1: 8d31069eabc2e37f7dc808268d86e1e8fd067167 SHA-256: 8851702fb8c3e23f0f5e8924e712420b4d4b1c753e673d8bb865ecfcdfc71af2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a phishing trojan by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the phishing or malicious redirection, and the link farm suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or engage in SEO poisoning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/sesuvogija.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/86295468794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/mogovofomonexiwinevomani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klimavill.com//data/editorfile/27790838641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9bc1759745afccda3d81173e12c6c55/9944808855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanuzilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/86367483729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/pinaxuxavegitarubiwavodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/26325535395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb869038bd0---xebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/63465904940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757abcb7b61---nolozuvabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/zufitubixilaladiteririlaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/086708107d966d8c58dbd00f3fe9995a/kemesejorikexototupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oakgroveschoolheritage.com/clients/b/bc/bc5c94904a1f00f1300372e6f875146f/File/fakagivafibizukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/22143030751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11051717478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/kalezizozuzepijopaparet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k82ej6sq9dhf9b6cmjkvgqe5mr/jakunewebadap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607687cce0064---47105222591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/fagasamusufipafanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/jafogoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeq45bvkav736slpvqeio778ba/gaxekilubodixakazasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44ffdc8218---narezasekumitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+singing+silence+short+story+pdfPDF 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_off0000eccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E4 10816 bytes
SHA-256: a5dd539c0963ebec9bdacc2b9e167a16195d9d63957f56e5208c9d9c4c246a08
font_02_sfnt_off00011d97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D97 18688 bytes
SHA-256: a997e40d10fb2c584dc47dbcb3487c8057e716fd8ec8158929956991d09e4afd