Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a740548467ddb141…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:45:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b8f40e861301676e7a416165d3681a1b SHA-1: 6abf3323bef3350c3b424ce5413a92c79e93f13b SHA-256: a740548467ddb14168f34095c3b546eadf4871b85feb6c9eec2094fcacb8d6be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting PDF files. This suggests the PDF is designed to lure users into clicking links that likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/973409cl977hr4hbriljl2a815/98095801124.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/23844207972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/xuwomenifivewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fef2b035f---xidofutofazivobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c58f5723912e6c1dfc746351a0c73b07/satovasepugukisiveraka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq61cslrle4vq0kevuao9u3blj/52005682937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fd5845750bf8a6ac8e3b00d7ea966f8/tuvezusukebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/tiporudodosivegal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b673c0bd2---pewadutoruwape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/vibejewagavavakixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ued4hj4fq0qbldofjbdl37qc/30971049817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/46288058524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/zudidelesunuwaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/64895982063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/26647489339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zidudako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sp7tpacvampe9vr59jkcjd3fiu/xadalatewobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f61215a21---93536944572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c552238a76d---41859807500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasobuxirufelikinaroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b71573fd10---45704433893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609715352db8b---28379976360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884115c4ce8---37201269097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=good+morning+beach+imagesPDF 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_off0000e782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE782 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 5d07e85527968f037373379352c776c3b7262a67ff9b06b3f8249ae1316e4574
font_01_sfnt_off0001147c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147C 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 61ef55c33374acb7a3f9ad7da9f9d47cd6dd8e0243b843311630f140ee9585af
font_02_sfnt_off00012d19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1