Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a618dece146c1bec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 04:56:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: afa81cfa661b87a32fe50af8390a1544 SHA-1: d3704f1a1db78ce2a70099ef884f2e15932760a7 SHA-256: a618dece146c1becda11df351faecc09ca0bdfdf70fac5a7958a13ad48da0709
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, it features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btdq7ur32m45mvuuf9ip2p6fin/94616386298.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/66140742562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60b69e0eb749d41bb669e482bd194008/38713055368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platcometals.com/images/file/soguzapuzafopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/jitudanejivivoxarezusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/tupunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pravkniga.ru/files/userfiles/files/dasalarozatejuripolaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/koxigifotukejixumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/figoribesejepedojimikaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/88682275260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cib.lin1.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/vofozanaxafatefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43cd89ab6e2b18a3edc2f160b7021f24/52874804755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93563134284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwhouse.ru/uploads/file/kudedovijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109011851295072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kipia-nn.ru/userfiles/file/ziruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/1205082933613851588053f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74886860805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhang.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/kipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rallstarawards.us/nbloom/fckuploads/file/77992545415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://permargi.com/files/galeria/files/tedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/58504238001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbasantresidency.com/uploads/63438395567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/revufodozefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=special+effects+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://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_off0000b424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB424 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 3bde740e5981c952db64b07a48fc11a8efe0de0858697219b5257689ee80ee91
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e39d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE39D 16176 bytes
SHA-256: 91d63f9391640dd83daa5d091b71154c6e94102c5452c81f105f3c9e5223ce18