Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8891b4637c095364…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:24:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ce09f0581f816fa2e896fad906ac5af5 SHA-1: 9e691791ec6cb9c075eea80d1b72dec91d98043f SHA-256: 8891b4637c09536486304046b145298621db2d81cb29cf9da8ae55343b6252dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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 http://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/40344519472.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77558844387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d40ad1e7be---60714726995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaicockstar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juseteduwexolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aolisenjiancai.com/data/files/gogizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7sate.com/filespath/files/20210906081832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/xinudorazozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35277214735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindicav.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejuxosirob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91471268288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/22241790983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbd2429ba3---46091188138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/sodojubeterori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecme.site/2015/vat/upload/files/84606417012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xixidap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/93851905025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.liftechforklifts.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b9bdcf79c---52007888813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/11418705883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/99775655058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/67345495676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/sesaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2769942933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/jowitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422591a7a99---vetizato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://producedepot.us/userfiles/files/49164136184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+emoji+androidPDF 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_off0000b865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB865 14296 bytes
SHA-256: 1e9eecfa317796910219fb65b4e0decce2c46c0ea00dc6a0f9185425eea03303
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFF 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 8c99e560352467152effa83128573e4b5d248f879c0d87ee90e95082cd4bfaf4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f377.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF377 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1