Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 954f92ebd4f05108…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-10-13 23:37:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: b1522d5f2267d816b5df604f4ddfbf58 SHA-1: 737fb5937b4a780952f7d3dfa96083fade056d98 SHA-256: 954f92ebd4f05108387528ebbab444d7b16d2827200781224c2a409bdb5cd924
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage suggests an intent to host and distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexegojibo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/50493399546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84809095602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melabo.com/upload/files/zaxigijafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philboyd.com/zagujetunalidewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thenovgorodspaceship.andreirozen.com/images/files/diwakuwuxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlastudenta.org/Upload/file/86943717798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210923134250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/wepafimukovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links-europe.com/images/blog/file/47471511105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/32083664436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/fetodikulimuropuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d84b30fd969fcdf09beb743fca1a09e/zozovunapigumudutiwodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents/files/tifebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35175466985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pescepiana.eu/userfiles/files/zedefasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc5a5dfb375f12d1d57d240e670b9329/mokukumeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/xesopakekatigege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2pb3hdtv70s4oar60igiup7v1/64817965939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/bewijarexitexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yocarbroker.com/upload/ckfinder/files/92516256886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/nuzikige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/83204897567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denkobarbell.com/_upload/files/76178245421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32683339197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjb2fq2rc0gkad47r9ah63uorp/17583154644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/u-9XGpgKpwY/uplcv?utm_term=incubation+period+of+amoebic+dysenteryPDF 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_off0000f357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF357 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B6E 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 23a458f99b731967dd918ff1cab49d4e56a306e0db9c1056bf5f6454e7bb73c1
font_02_sfnt_off000124f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F9 19136 bytes
SHA-256: c6297b9f04098559518a4976a8a7139e2364ef6fd901987d64d74e5faa3aad23