Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1a715b1fb4f95bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-08-28 09:04:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 760d0266f4ea8742dba6088570f85911 SHA-1: 9eb0e316bb8cd9acac8a21503ad87fe80a1b12f7 SHA-256: a1a715b1fb4f95bf2d4a3b2ed50561771185abda849dfab12003a76960657804
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, and ClamAV detected it as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13fd5083de44dad1befecd3bd74b4ade/92073209347.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baad4339a3f---11817186263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-lannion.fr/userfiles/file/48831976613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783fa264d39---70015859180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d095d32ad0f99bb22bceb272f5308672/72773021772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b86c99939---63271419577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozatagevesurixifijol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06960e843b---jakufigewewitexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olivier-frey.ch/user/web/file/buvoraboxowazuvinukimida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vcelari.naceradec.cz/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28029208637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/309801870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/99449198787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791b7e4d05---37166451035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf997c3698---14417346637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://design-klasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072809ce62b4---valesogipexebututa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffb62f0d81567385a91966b9102d07bb/59996572451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/jasikaserareka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/gewafepejudukaxoxomebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/36460128263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nashcentralfalcon.com/clients/d/d5/d5bea9c86035def548a020f7371d19fe/File/wejopuwalegofefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp.com/contents/files/gabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b39996528d---xilopofafixajozukobasapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huthamcauquanggiap.com/upload/files/zotijobijodubumedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=wr+stance+and+start+drillsPDF 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_off0000c068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC068 15632 bytes
SHA-256: 466da41d4c289ab34fcfd9245f08157a251b3080b7faa34cc1aa61bcaca1e885
font_01_sfnt_off0000e819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE819 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10030 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 15e54982412725e8bdbc48e99170c2308063b1e4c5864948cd2e40cfcf035f41