Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab112f0c0714b60d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:58:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 41899d824cb56120585108298676db93 SHA-1: 7bfbf41416bf126b0fadb76d0f6d1ac0e744b54f SHA-256: ab112f0c0714b60dbda1257601e0ce12a627980818bb76b5ba04331df1f592ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c30da737bb---mokilefodixivojarinoxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/bozuzovodejutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patokapugsnkisses.com/clients/61143/File/45038607245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaldanceacademy.com/userfiles/files/sipamuteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/2028900999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kooijobs.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68491535805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161297af4e7d13---nokobidadukosamadenozebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/gosakogozoxuruvubexakafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07oceuqhqe147fe2iufl8gda73/56361323617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eb0d0a154---xiwifazuliwitapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/xubafivonolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/52653805621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/26819191429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/neneguwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalightgroup.lv/uploads/files/80423969361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/24389508311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/83735952333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/8749123776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/bajozovuborivizoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943ab09bb6c---63924749225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/041d250fc6d1f997b848311c11a26093/35750454297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d760e36b94249c558385d061bbb09d9/dewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105130254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/sofabug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/72526988111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=resignation+letter+word+format+pdfPDF 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_off0000f4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC7 18724 bytes
SHA-256: 14208012447b32d2ae18129cf593e23b6408e9ef1e29367602f9f3008c6d577c
font_02_sfnt_off00013d19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D19 10972 bytes
SHA-256: cac388c6b411d2a9f0153286cb193c1aa005155e853ce2950b13dbe875a004a3