Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 926d65e47cf65d5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:15:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f34248d299b15ed35d94d82c9a3c42b8 SHA-1: ab8734b1f0a49dc10c924f00bcd7652fabfbc7c9 SHA-256: 926d65e47cf65d5c05c905832c979d3c0f912f017f9404f8c9327827d5cd170b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is part of a phishing or spam campaign designed to redirect users to malicious websites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kopatevudoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/13144325118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/94399543263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88f3c06af8cdfde736f856b06a738ea0/2198798217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhghv7obt826tigavp7kuo9504/61999957749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/xerujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/15444956562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mncd8cp04r20cki2t74c940ki/vawepazavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhigh1970.com/clients/1/10/106e6567aa8bd3cecf4080670b11bd10/File/tevujavesotisamutugolibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d58d880030---zewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781293a5775---87012979610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54e1a13de714d56d9cf46bbde4673ba9/887829185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pggr7rg905neauib3fnmejlhq7/66021497434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/319a73ac95d3b34c725eb64db6a97bc7/25625769885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a185c54d9d---47696375446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66df046ba2cad8c0d0827607474fec67/bidema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e87cfd3299d91a0c8d7d8f4ebe91eb9/44851966680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24846381460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/fugakozapitojufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50079314308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/suratasutakunutime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/sasazojilupisarerekufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089da7e4983e---nerafobovufuvujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b601be4cd2c---44487925372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swalaya.in/userfiles/file/72791249108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b092082c779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=self+inflating+balloon+experiment+hypothesisPDF 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_off0000ee93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE93 11236 bytes
SHA-256: d61c3ac21defe3173c2c8d35af20ff3a74bc3c5c1a096a3309afd138baa6eb32
font_01_sfnt_off0001088b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001209d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1209D 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 108f4255d472bb23c6a32d1804b6f97314a2815472172ead18a42230f0f2450c