Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1770121a23b0ee0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:11:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e4799930763982ca5af946ebf5f312bf SHA-1: 455f3e778d5d7899970394e6b722e52bec3b99be SHA-256: a1770121a23b0ee0c3e87072c4bbf3ddafc94378c92db29dd02454cf699f96a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. This indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt, where the embedded JavaScript and links are used to redirect the user to malicious content or initiate further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95957035353.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67520b339ba44ab86eae9929297006bf/89973033438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hargagila.com/uploads/image/files/vovulupelukiredipuledeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/pamuwowodawemubiroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/34900550312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210624195221148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/paxekedebijemodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/44075047513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/nemabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/gowaxare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtowniagrafit.pl/userfiles/file/4043266330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/sazamewivuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b66b00a466---fewefodudugusofagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisserarm.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xewexezajozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr1he0b0r8uibog4l1knpe5fkk/81049568483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fe428aa9d2a815efa5d67fff8edce65/rikozividom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/vigemufazetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13f1e4528924b695825b82c7cb108066/95473843549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607584ae7afc4---48433156746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/jinomogokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctsjwhs.com/clients/0/08/08395bc9c2b8280888f0dabd04457394/File/61557688212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a986acf2ea8---bulivaxemawugaponanazojox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66704120682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=forced+marriage+romance+novels+urdu+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_off0000c725.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC725 11008 bytes
SHA-256: f84305af5b2d86224e55539881146d76789a9a8becf3eb54f3a84290ae71ab74
font_01_sfnt_off0000e07a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE07A 20792 bytes
SHA-256: 3afaf5071450359cfef6bc96ea20cbf466803ed79f20d96d9a6f14729010041c
font_02_sfnt_off00011536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11536 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1