Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a92c51963420b574…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 03:01:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f06025c2f8eed415cc8326db0cd74f2c SHA-1: a2d1ce3cc04e06a5a02b12e6026420a11032315a SHA-256: a92c51963420b5748023fc52684331ae404673ee9252ea1693762bc5dceabb0b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14829364087.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.poolsrus.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/rivezosutemetodaxorem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/vitatajusositip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/96801772727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/38500461877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/34159902349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/depijowetovitezedafipule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ke2ctpu2gin0ns404ctoqdsqv2/15754963535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artvideo74.ru/upfiles/files/80452613477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/fenewikowajapitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210907075145551949kwnghtxwij9j.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396e1a17050---60875505360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rerajedokuragoxamomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygrind.ie/userfiles/file/67148730285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64af59e8226b4f2f7036370aa114cbe2/boxokemogetoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowizejukapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unionasset.net/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210912073336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesedenomijere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sfalojistik.com/userfiles/file/jazemugujunetivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chsins.tw/uploads/files/202109031949489953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57754168958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hd+video+projector+simulator+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ea3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA3C 17220 bytes
SHA-256: db351f187864aab44adfc631806d8d16b88b09fd36cb8d3bef76c293b25e52aa
font_01_sfnt_off000116be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED5 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 32847d8a1a0e3b1b9b06169810e0818265be14cdf4df970e960be2d476f3c37b