Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 946127eac085f768…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:35:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b3bbcb89512683e4d06f17c407016f74 SHA-1: 02f0b64664044500a23296d61d3336fca73f13d2 SHA-256: 946127eac085f768548a4e45ecf929689fb7c87dcbda92b0317d5d78cfdc57f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the true destination or distribute malware. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9784

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 http://bulongvungtau.com/media/ftp/file/wukowapamofovinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608921af7a741---49631434840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c68cd87f01528d982cbd4d82ae358d89/xakebifabala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bbca6d51fde4d4b901d2c13ce4d7535/dimizadagekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610589e8db2ad---mowarifizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6231022bc6ee6493c98a6f2fc32fefe/zirabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e214034a39---71653029013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38281758857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/xijuripim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///motofupejurevutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b7ea7032e9dd559060df7774c65518/xevewupewunutike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3e46916c0---96995294949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/difituvoseruwutoxomevivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f4cc6cf92---5402168772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/tiwoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/37861682125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070064c12933---wotogezaremikafenotid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfb.it/upload/fck/file/fatekaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/14971948355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c495cfa47219daad805e1179340a0fe/pazurigolujebunuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/kokibaxabafeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/18200731568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/80940988347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakkervoorwinde.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/96880159214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75591d72ec989a5c0893146cbba074a9/18516010962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806d16dd000---21817017952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84397489238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=map+of+canada+black+and+white+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_off00011dfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001360d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1360D 17896 bytes
SHA-256: f9b00012d6c60b3f3da110c71b9db68ab06e6777a1367290a292da04cc602a32
font_02_sfnt_off000164c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164C0 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 02e41201cc15df6901692d5023a66e580b29f6a67f066ceac95fcbad1c94d9d6