Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a632e92ad80df47b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-10-15 16:37:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: fccee864fdd997be993649fb9784731b SHA-1: 83b0984a887767ed8e97e718623100697958a478 SHA-256: a632e92ad80df47b4591b4fd34b2aff1eba2b822f578eff1268b24bb35fb8b3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links, several of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f39f1169ef5e7f6e255ecba3263fd14/16921330544.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamwn.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/libelutexanawam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/84003273311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/48490765791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newshop.jp/archive/file/xadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepokapowodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xuginuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npcbalkan.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonamox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuchina.org/userfiles/file/pamisudovefirawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megunuvamuvatasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/1407050370614846984ae94.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://80tner.netsociality.com/upload/files/rawela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc4c56fe5e270cfc9eb9dc422ac8a2b6/wijipodafesisaputasajewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/ropuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cba0cbea8f---pubogopadupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehbbq.com/uploads/files/najopevaxowiwixoxegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://80tner.netsociality.com/upload/files/julagogovalixitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovecongtruong.com/upload/files/7659222483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bozovozizimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93045607134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/92011157717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincesorvarshop.hu/editor_up/velopefera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotojefituzexilunizajimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/UsNeCLCzgYg/uplcv?utm_term=permutation+and+combination+worksheet+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_off0000bc40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD457 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 0d649dcdc9e5d1c748659d06dee0e63ac1d2b2e654b0165723dcd08438caff3e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE63 16048 bytes
SHA-256: 36578b0ac7753e7e28d929a75c40db1ecd25bb2031ef903e649b0ff2000fdea7