Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 922a14fa9b86d281…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 16:45:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 560acbf6b4a7f41e13f14b3441a0c6c0 SHA-1: 83f1c8c2f31eafaed6aa58e42c6fe16329541421 SHA-256: 922a14fa9b86d281a66c9f5882e00a0f851c2569508201657b186ef1077db80a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for file hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these compromised hosts. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d71c8eec71---wakupenefur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/330540eb2dc519ef8b8b2a04c4ba58d7/38784421976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frigosztufi.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33858252494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/57793521981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff05ee6359---32891977156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovec.bg/root/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felenukega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9291f510f6---81692724603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bn0t1519fngdcm30tb4ige4e/85373790276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/12469388490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/67621170975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbee988064e---vuxobodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rue22dh08460h8272r143dbnri/43070432807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/48516892463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/881a6e9de650738648b0dccd650b7e50/4405277931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/pivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/72131686174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/421d475a92b6fea950bd5ececf0b6f22/13039434962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/20350266849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/buropowevejakusujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5b0394ca743c2a74cd3c73422ecfd92/miwatugafaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94821027358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee0ba0b7dd---70848723548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e27c34931---debavufaxetunoritapuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+reggio+emilia+approach+to+learningPDF 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_off00010ec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC3 16776 bytes
SHA-256: ff4181af1a239a846cfb0429d49f3de99b9629426d69089c4e407fa1651d14a9
font_01_sfnt_off00013a53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A53 10812 bytes
SHA-256: b7912911ed30e4ff7276da9675c69d9293e84e7b6c028d4c9cba05eab235bab1
font_02_sfnt_off0001531e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1531E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1