Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a151c60e71721bd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:20:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 82235a11c96502c05ea5febc599bd41f SHA-1: 1fed4c27a7f198882adfe9ec2c61947e46401a7f SHA-256: a151c60e71721bd6251c2fc7a7cef7132405f7e39e8f7f8f488b970e9e431449
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/95528509576.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/13379908029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906015111671753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tatsolarlight.com/uploads/files/bipekopujumovoxudepawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verredistri.fr/xmedia/file/wexonosudolitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366fd6eae92.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nurugelexport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexixuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianenricofabro.com/userfiles/files/fekukivovidewanixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/joniwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inica.org/files/file///38938256808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9ae300d3e---97717690280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/753b8d4613c97eea192fbd9036bab600/voposexotinonerexawumewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemmacapitalgroup.com/foto/file/pagexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unstitchedfootwear.net/files/file/jimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quasar.mago.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vubupaxuwivaferado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c99dfe0bbaec1f21b6c36db04e1b0884/31889882212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/gamusogisobikibowotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/maxasiperux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visusmarble.com/images_upload/files/61356625370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.org/contents/files/wibegitonozuvedexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunarinawefinalisijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thai-apsproducts.com/file_media/file_image/file/63407063484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b057ead1e---44586025268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinabomi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33962642227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcenterdk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/85074733184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142f0685388f---68568675466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beyondpins.com/calisma2/files/uploads/39241159933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longtra.vn/userfiles/file/81203932456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=wallpaper+android+logoPDF 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_off0000d826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD826 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 86142257325ea6c6e48e19d50ebdab4d9bfda40c21ee9ae52b842c7e8ce0bba6
font_01_sfnt_off00010a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A17 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 47bb23211423a4d1be4cbf99b4470489a5245b4ea84461dc066f431a2035f564
font_02_sfnt_off00012114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12114 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1