Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a56a70222f3f9bf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 20:53:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0db8847049d022d8dc63adb143f15ee8 SHA-1: 490b23b65ef8d5856215b177dfb8dd7ab4e54e44 SHA-256: a56a70222f3f9bf941b9f2fe825d3bb0f6535c2c5b277d3c277b5cf9f230fa3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The embedded JavaScript stream suggests potential for further malicious actions, such as redirecting users to phishing sites or initiating downloads. The numerous URLs extracted, many pointing to PDF files on various domains, reinforce the attack pattern of distributing malicious content via a link farm.

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 https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berebogosajolime.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazonipologenowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/tisidaluzixeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/rokomugigerivubolokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/dipidivuxater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/81050162203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff8c035f21063b2a25622ec6760563b/31343250610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c28b7a518---85337273026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005f3ec1c792c1ccfd2810fa2945112c/36854224978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/makasumikibovun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/40953849523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/mozupiladawiliwivazetava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlead.net/images/e/file/28695634055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43299604910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.com/editor_up/23040736869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/51668131047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/38505441811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46320134745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltdb.com/UserFiles/files/lezipokebubofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/gabivozujofetevazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziszolg.hu/editor_up/wadevobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/sarulokovuberejabozaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfbfhdolb7lc9do4q3veldjjh7/20695022012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huarui-bio.com/upload/files/93528573061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+make+a+ringtone+for+my+phonePDF 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_off0000b244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB244 16584 bytes
SHA-256: accb9796eee25f9186276161dfdb15e45a454523828975b1b88119fccc7b448a
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7E 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 1ce866c5f3003fbabfddff702e73688a538d443113fd5d5716de310525c49041
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1