Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a81e41da7d808057…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:44:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 2727c20314881c3669c8d3a4a87e2402 SHA-1: 9d121fcac559f2e190e1c1a9caa1ed5a55ed142c SHA-256: a81e41da7d808057a618dbdbf13a0d746d30d3f91811d4d50cf0333e3646a6fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to an execution vector, likely for downloading further payloads or redirecting to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c0gqmlgr2ted9hglfrimeoh31/55045548094.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/gefatorunosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/18055733015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302b346ddae---77987759934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/53933825082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedesco.pl/userfiles/file/xuxaviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34662632560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c56ca17adb---megadepusokigilomepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/xezogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc075c69e6d7af2201f843f05e162f0e/wemunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-10/20210910070529565242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302c7d33f8b---muwizagusubobujara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/32002956723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/xalorunifudamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/jejojitefejekomazukusak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fadekapatuvodumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/farominubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/46695550958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614064830835e---83283163598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/ranodirizipefuzusizulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/12827891250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/96298677012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/kogululipiwasikidawebefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/85660365700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ppsspp+games+free+download+for+android+dragon+ball+zPDF 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_off0000b993.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB993 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1A5 16696 bytes
SHA-256: a312a79a6b20ad0000f6edd8e911ecdc6f2a1d4a8b5c1a2ed0ace30259d47578
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB2 11028 bytes
SHA-256: f240d633f885512a9fb8a185f031edd6505d92b61e6799f1e87ca3b3e3f6cffc