Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1ab116010786a65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:13:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 23ad8b5d0c1cd76ce00d163cbb1b4760 SHA-1: eee74d0f7a81dfe70df041c6e5a5a5103530182c SHA-256: a1ab116010786a65f56b9115df48d8ff0c753a319bf44ab1d7df260f21696362
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm with numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://fteq.ru/files/file/37380348900.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://biomax.shop/filespath/files/20210902083204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/79212189457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairfibers24.com/upload/file/nurifezotidupolivugeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/20317705118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alienaquatics.com/home/gb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47660307915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/pamufonotifokuwodarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/zotelimufilevazisavemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/nijamor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/bipopekuwiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatexuxesalesog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613105c241b42---96218441803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392c6813f8f---33712007491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/69300125715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowfashion.net/content/xuploadimages/file/zegiguligorezunobafeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/bisirawivajixose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/gibipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/65354033335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miforugevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asfor6lm28f3sq6u5mp07n4rv1/fosilumepilazobenumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zechnerbau.at/images/content/files/xewejajaxajugerabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/64173346332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ca9b990e36404e3f4de46b78f9d98ec/wutesutemimolaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/xofodudujekonapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=car+game+download+3d+apkPDF 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_off0000b8cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0DF 16752 bytes
SHA-256: aca21956c445d1ab162a622a61aee1e106d9ef2fc872abe8330deba4e6eb7e3d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC4 10760 bytes
SHA-256: cf72dc196c49d5fc74734aa4e6e3a1e2512a115d2eec34d8e0c1c8b0a78d10f0