Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5b0a1e1fb37ec9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:37:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d5faad90acb95023f5cf20087de90058 SHA-1: 02f09a57a06e04258cff99fefaa968d79e0e8353 SHA-256: a5b0a1e1fb37ec9bf68c6c2b7e4f23fe01185d898cb7e8b85bbdc3c9ca84a60f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF also participates in a link farm hosted on multiple distinct, potentially disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

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 http://5percent-design-action.com/upload/users/files/64900632472.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/69445367577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojerilixuxakidudaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://threadworx.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/97654209996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptobasics.biz/uploads/files/77251050735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c4c6f44480b946fa3896a7bbd9f200/51800834685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e176f31ac24---towakupov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/tozenikulajigudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santabriganti.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45624451229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66925cf3d6---54955439357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210510045134441275uxgiwf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0500cd27c8a39a18133940d043c436f/roxubemareras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d33aceca79f---24792081750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nofatrans-int.com/userfiles/file/36329190295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c901407677dd3d2bbd87271e68c29e3/87324173054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/662628077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02ab772009---49665521166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovemynewstemcells.com/clients/865932/File/sidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/pozadejodogarereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/45214417399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gonupijare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoumi.jp/upload/file/wujurodusesebekawovujebel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharidyer.com/clients/863431/File/batix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/nepetevevesemegiwemowuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsport.eu/yonexshop/static/file/bizugegaganozinenisele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=labview+fpga+training+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_off0000c177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC177 22768 bytes
SHA-256: 8a7527bb30c18eba8532569fd9b6822f9cc597c529ebab6602f8a5e128b2e599
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011433.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11433 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 7f95d396f6dd8b267d4d12718d2fbefec3dea1bc78d31e8beb57101008d6c597