Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4b961a1beb7a27c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-06-18 15:22:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0743232b7428d51916fa2571a9b052c7 SHA-1: d8e0069df30835dde4181b4a9be76bb4888ff0c9 SHA-256: a4b961a1beb7a27cd7f38f9a2ab2486fc30c353a86b23bd28cc6fce06587a38d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using link farms on potentially compromised or disposable hosting to obscure the true destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/58855813093.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skeqigc8edceju87dbjteqnnu9/direxuvuvegonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098372e40c68---23413752732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/30338425206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvi3e11thdep74t7u4fl9f1bto/38253796008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55aa238542f29f51400f174f05693f94/92978663270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc92414c92---fagigobisajanuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b916b57e220---xudolozuzitesagitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/24440469646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/548d7e9fa4ebbabed1007fcfb0eef002/tubinavitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/22611536552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af89ae8b574---xanodotididisejudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75901533557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5d407b8a8---13478558073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095970210945---wirorupazuvadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0205d49e0bdecaa17dba639504ef9ae2/miwabokukanunimonubuwekip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/8600754397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=gta+sa+v1+08+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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFC0 5228 bytes
SHA-256: 96fedd02082eee839f06976a80876c58395196a7801de78c5fbb3382a939e792
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B0 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 2516fc04265686722e2eaef4608813a8888e39f664d0f8d97f7ae2d913857db3