Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a157bd482867b47f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:07:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 71a8c34a4045fc1fced3dc65a79a2aed SHA-1: b22a29cbb3c0875ada4246d17bb6e8b84b6539bf SHA-256: a157bd482867b47f77ab29b2167d528270c9ee3a1ed5fca96156f04e8fe391c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://babamore.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210627005730.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd015801ffc---83639119524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210824201840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detevilapuxolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/33590498248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96209694243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/zapubabonokiroselafuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/69660302675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/25040462720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asahiru-ban.com/files/files/61557640044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lifa6jc9vs6e0ok9corsg4dro5/pedexokisofejafovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ec457f912e8b342a58b983867a4e459/tidozirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b8ba78dac---67728983854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/11585949864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43ee06151b---zuvopopumibizarudulobetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phannhan.vn/files/usersfiles/files/zidonukoroluluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5ljspi01dqkkrgd2mn0c240k5/22777395362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studyhalltracker.com/files/file/jikasesutepigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/lugesoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/34452159852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775d0962e98---kewime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/17008032994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/88908079531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdba0952f39cda9de64f0d5e8141724e/69353066141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=estados+financieros+de+pepsico+2018+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_off0000bb98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB98 11052 bytes
SHA-256: b069d07a18ca8f6adeb1a788918097695146d5b83520bc980f555b2bbfc63aee
font_01_sfnt_off0000d581.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD581 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED93 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 02be4fc5fb5ff3099489263c6b8ddcadce81a6b04563a3e7b0d58595a144b043