Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 916962ad085bab79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:47:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 70232190843ddcb14eac5651b59187c4 SHA-1: 1e505e51b9e6f966fcd2159c2a14e3a8a0082df5 SHA-256: 916962ad085bab793d3ecb4eddab05f3658a3a2a6b1c204ff86a6ce9c3ce02bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/livuwodajubomek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/zugomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/zebupidibewemugikupilosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/kusovikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/juboruvedovenixivoxisudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e2f474f8d7ec3456fbd11c449937199/faxurig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79f8bdf13b---55416870817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd4f8cfb9b---pilitibagabarelinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/34111913651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd690b339a---vibiselapijaravowepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609559b51110f---22411410703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n63b50gmdcnmoihe1bsit1j28k/55638039001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/20999087002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1hqq9jg1luj0o745dqoutkrg0/gizokamowewavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/977e66629329d0a5a67e5275aaa677a3/28391583912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzosizujajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/wigejefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607597ea2ff3a---69407537973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/noxililo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/401841809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/ravuwugeloderomekifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/79336299335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=data+analysis+in+excel+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_off0000ba74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA74 16556 bytes
SHA-256: c11f3218cb913d4d9a8dfcdf4135deb59463506fb2f96f64e4a896e51684b246
font_01_sfnt_off0000e52c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52C 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 844a964463790bb14cfa9bb7ff0ce7f44e34c59bbd3345cc63ec97578696aed6
font_02_sfnt_off0000fda1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1