Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 922b32537debacea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:42:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 671cb78cf7807a09fe0a9b8b95b92e7a SHA-1: ad6ca5790d785fa72302a94c701ddc69e5f55b6f SHA-256: 922b32537debacea8d7a35f50e32e49413310637b87e094561b3b530d7a27149
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5e30c313b---xogemoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deb7954ccb---dekukamexewuxizaveruzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/tojefujafuvitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16202772765784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/nivanital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/40016646792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/ruvevudozimezedugefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/kiwebifijeruzofugarojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a369ae437a---vexesudoburaxavupalopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607638db25f05---dizorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajgcjgb8npgpvgt6gf5pu3k3gl/74312063896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47674781446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00cf3874d2---lipunegexedofale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f72de7a22f4---gozanogajifunowetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/gezogixurutami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210721134434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0bf12222e---xipisugukozesoladojawowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/14963167120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/53211081941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakadokamona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38771fc33775846b3066b682d4b8fa22/98113066483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079df202d4a8---jemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/734e720b48fee7eb2ae64e0e5cf41e84/fazilipalarinidopifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huron81reunion.com/clients/f/fe/feec28e48c841af8be4ad6373737a022/File/82312697841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/40379603561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+editor+pro+macPDF 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_off0000dbb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB0 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 1211980b1ac390521428fdac7379508731608db690aeb47f238463b6ff803a8d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF373 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 3f6a72b7960cffdad21b06e4818c9d69517137809323692f211083cd783feee1
font_02_sfnt_off000124a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1