Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 926146f64f9dedde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-30 06:36:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 77378f5673b26152bc423f26d27a1583 SHA-1: 4b4aee0c4b6e80cd777c0bd5d152be0669d3a7be SHA-256: 926146f64f9dedde9d3d8244f940637d7bae93780a37da23c7362400bc093021
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly indicates a phishing or link-farming attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=farming+simulator+18+apk+free+download+revdl PDF link annotation
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f4d772a7b49c628c1a3011bb7589b4/32271411312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9562a13eaa---pemabafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ytdrive.com/CKEdit/upload/files/xaboxijiviferinuvojurafim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b332bbf120f94245cdb79122bcb2f68/89061324272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b4f3646b9---gumakopetijireduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/58784538807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f1d467277b807037c8aa469c58b5f4f/57197459872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb45c95b4270c2b9e678ac7313219eb3/vinodirurarobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b9294f356f0ee32e160017eb0598b69/11836225726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/14446909378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/45331332735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/28139391993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roxburyhs1987.com/clients/63080/File/62939522786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images//fck/file/69086576187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/nupibebiwolupenagakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/9556583145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/98773699850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67721445910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b4c8442de---pelosamuxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40ff50344d---56137015972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a830ca1153d---widunixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845587ab7b4---87955713114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/2571367629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/rofekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d55d100957---70750831748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eaeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10302 11420 bytes
SHA-256: eec231946e83c100ca1d2ec66a082eed21ac1919b58dbf53a5955dae9582fee2
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD6 17512 bytes
SHA-256: f680d55f6dd48978e4893fb1b42fd4dc49c0b3259437fff32dd54a67f61beb50