Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a590935c567e936d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 11:31:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 252114885321f66f0c7b71dd0e5eea09 SHA-1: 5ae7e8f17788b4061d0ee6590a31e19584b33f35 SHA-256: a590935c567e936db472d5973321a14bbe7d0d0e42f85b4a7286a82d2fd8eaa3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to phishing sites. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM indicate that the document is part of a link farm designed to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://crossfitbeeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/77941584711.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nationalherbo.com/userfiles/file/xopurometezekoxekenuwobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/jazapuwiselixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myepres.com/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/81283515614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifithalat.com/resimlerfiles/92716841784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f435919414---fiduwexotejudiliwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalace.net/app/webroot/upload/files/6494961671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/gedutubolugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrmkaryacollege.org/rrmkarya/userfiles/file/16819898956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thaiahpa.com/flash/files/mamefalezumeteberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/letutozesipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geomanteia.com/userfiles/files/rexemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d20f07218c---92099839153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/sepunomakovazizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/tidowasudemigobanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnlillylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37467273219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nidi.mk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemefevotuzoruwewodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146a42ce767b---nemujenepekasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasz.hu/editor_up/devoxubujinapiwedubepige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sladkiy-ostrov.ru/userfiles/files/23573068977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turasmobilya.com/img/editor/image/file/80525363630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=toyota+kaizen+methods+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_off0000ade4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADE4 14492 bytes
SHA-256: cb592e30328cb30d81304f6aa497faa0b63215a947993a9d9100811a9e189552
font_01_sfnt_off0000d247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD247 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5E 10848 bytes
SHA-256: ca489aa345d3bb99da8662b8eddd8b14cf4b5f695f09561fb593ec455a4c8341