Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8b6da9819503028…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:33:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4974c93bc74ab534057f6353f4888045 SHA-1: a7bbd3853e1ee1392de13f5e9d7b5867261ae6b1 SHA-256: a8b6da9819503028002933a7660978ac2ded1e984148fe44156ccd26e60423f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, increasing the likelihood of phishing or malware delivery.

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 http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/rudipepivosigulegino.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totoumi.jp/upload/file/tapedukufojonizuwatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/lativuxekukupusafufepuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/64009345232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.com/contents/files/gakoxurotobakemibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getsolarny.com/userfiles/file/42048553628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/zawesaxixemawimobogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/daburovejuzarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauthietkedep.info/upload/files/29923913989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nobody-films.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/12026679451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valencia.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/55731696962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.area-tlc.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xumezapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210908232443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartinatv.org/uploads/files/20071395402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianrockies.info/files/file/25309463295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613101aec06b3---bagopalumiluligadijava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e9841fa34---73422064565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/94693610725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93f4aa15835bb9404d4e73f29b6f50ce/94613152910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/jaxozonaranatewexusozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ec4e63475aca5384781129c1d58437/ripodojapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71326936083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21064351250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e85ac203838016c57c8aa054d108421/pataguribesivumuxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/makanojebaterejova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=android+phone+wifi+settingsPDF 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_off0000e8c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C4 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 86abec16b08a574a497bc42fed87bf9ee4cdcdadc83d1db1717e6b163c420824
font_01_sfnt_off000116da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF1 10636 bytes
SHA-256: b16e951e034654e277585e98a94b4fb3ec6f81d2cb4cf874866851dfcb47b2c3