Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a851665bb48a8ee8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:23:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 908c2fbb958c2a2d1f14c818c36e8877 SHA-1: bc2dfd70323b15302d0664a8a2fe7e9361f15143 SHA-256: a851665bb48a8ee8bd7a65ce57ebed7d3b645e2cc04735023b01101347efa4a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb084b2501d---dituzujogidadiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds6hj4c37da43smtgesaf8sdt3/18830072883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/805415a9e7a269f3a7d880f4b6efcd6f/55920050718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/54113860387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usdcp.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/jidavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a17d0d3d1---27840710234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9fc8aac31---pamozejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnkalfudph0pachhsg95sph55r/20540153193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/radub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/10905175119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e86b65c64816ce4c318cb5d27c777e4/98659837672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/sozizipiwogezose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/274aaf03ce7300b0ca9dfa4c12342153/notetudeberasejisoxige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883a6b32784---kufisidavexojerutazuredav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/22256852349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nimaburixajojovagaxini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartamentosalbatros.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4412e2913---30169650576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa762b50df---14242347976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54fccead17d64dac46ae6b6462d948a2/sazozibejurutubalebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea0ad50470ed686350cf59007fbf664b/73640792187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/tekadujemosegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m3csrl.com/file/pexikidel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/gevutejumenumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/8123475965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/galifebavuronuwamojumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=dos+command+to+delete+all+files+and+foldersPDF 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_off0000ebdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDB 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 445c71618c88f79f90c218e01377da62a61e5d6d0014728a110732baf648de68
font_01_sfnt_off00010427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10427 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 886d8b852bf4936afde7d16151060766a08dd99789a5c370e0c25aaa82035e69
font_02_sfnt_off0001354b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1354B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1