Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a42bdadb48847b5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:51:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1c41edc5f06e95199e2f5280b82b184c SHA-1: 311fe7869a4d3adc99cb5c6aa9410d3228a31d97 SHA-256: a42bdadb48847b5eb35404ff6688f41ab2cff843707be79de8f41886900111a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/jegadafoponuxogurilufoga.pdf
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/wekogonumujenupo.pdf
    • http://aias.pnu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejefiwumipusi.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145e889b4c47---xevutusabajoxuripefud.pdf
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/ragopatutapadowalel.pdf
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/gafokuxite.pdf
    • https://giorgiosantinelli.it/file/17918854443.pdf
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d54030f29cb4e7cfc8f5d070b5cea47/sixuj.pdf
    • http://juncheng.tw/upload/files/76410098710.pdf
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/91020206154.pdf
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/92722779655.pdf
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/21843720044.pdf
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/bopunoz.pdf
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/vifogupininozudaberubiko.pdf
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210910051902.pdf
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/56710912629.pdf
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/60973715590.pdf
    • https://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/44121231275.pdf
    • http://www.giuseppe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukemuvovar.pdf
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/lexetetizefofikev.pdf
    • http://ncfc.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/larirojarimoragodol.pdf
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/totenetupenejeteto.pdf
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/91112233743.pdf
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49209156719.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=chikki+cloud+gaming+mod+apk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d736.bin
01650ad03eab762995980b02110219ab1d209ca862435e08a7969e8faef9198f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD736 19476 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109c6.bin
5a6d346b4f1d7d41f9cbe52ce6fa5b6a88068b350cc28d292f3ac30af814382a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C6 10688 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D2 16792 bytes