Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a561f6a0b791a7d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fe81562cbb5e1ebc82d3872d93d1adb6 SHA-1: 8c24b95b5ce5712be2bad9b602f364b9640a9a58 SHA-256: a561f6a0b791a7d80dbdc41b5acc5075582e51f10e1b25214bbeb4a0be1f5961
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of further malicious content from the linked URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/vodemegegasiwofi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/57813794120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/56823795198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/49598439109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.net/filespath/files/20210916213505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/45632361896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210902_114901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnlillylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/39965218294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///83066470577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0290nqn3p9apou4e2cra0ra931/91787439888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_94B64F237EC3D050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///muzujivinamujonobojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poledance-chrudim.cz/files/file/81202069326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givigobalujuvedomadepat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjnep.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98164254156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auswallendorf.de/userfiles/file/dubefajufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kinutagonekuxotegiwotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c004c8e3f6d9e9576983cc1c943b82a7/81342521191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cf424243d---xetudujolosujejuwelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/64608156408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tottazo.com/userfiles/file/wifexofemugajitotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/1445553001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/jifadasokatofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/97695576780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drivingschool-brno.cz/files/files/wafivamedinepuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=mindfulness+in+plain+english+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_off0000d726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD726 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3D 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 4fa8368b9138589a606074eab5a5b4d6d35b083da78608321dbcf70d6530b3ac
font_02_sfnt_off000106ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106EF 17944 bytes
SHA-256: 087b32f48b82b21e685b323daa18fb8a865dbb637504c70929d824b69ef02b1b