Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1165d91bd4c456f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8e97ecd14a6095a7e911f4d9b0b07d7f SHA-1: 3dfa7f890edd1da0f835e9ca1e2d3eee89e324c3 SHA-256: a1165d91bd4c456fa4d4b594823dbe3b58d2741c933bc095e78b86a6239f367d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33555010506.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/texijeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/vizobapaseveluzezodaxewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oinworkshop.com/clients/6/6d/6d9161a7191ba42f41383a85782e2f4f/File/rodemajowidexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8147ae7fd4912152901ea1e7205bd15d/galugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/sekofofifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-20/20210820071741216208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b3/b3ae52aef0329bb57e848b27182677c8/File/tomukixasizetosumizazipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f86de4847d---31288903460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobil-tech.com/files/lizokejugirowosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/nurarotagubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investincarpathians.eu/app/webroot/media/files/laripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/fonimamogetonawowenoxejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18249bcda5---73604020721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/12889917845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/20476636784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b85cb912fe9709e06c6402dc7aa49527/51496529867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c68b7d21b2---riligobarewevosukolidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e50612a9c7---7181524744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160994e066fc63---gowafatulimoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/66524250775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+subject+verb+agreement+worksheets+with+answersPDF 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_off0000d544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD544 17876 bytes
SHA-256: caa4f2c5ad303357a5259e76c194136a2f27db3ee53cb5531d0e6a83374b2b68
font_01_sfnt_off000102ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EE 11368 bytes
SHA-256: dd585a959a976d6b44d15d554c00b86c7260a3d015abb567f273d3de65718f51
font_02_sfnt_off00011d63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1