Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab2b8115e87a291b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 05:02:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0953d74c327b376f5385d22d232878e5 SHA-1: 2912f52da4a94a26b1d9b1f9437aab37967c15fc SHA-256: ab2b8115e87a291bd3e8ed56c5dc4fb60eebe316a420d904559f252062c35728
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The PDF also contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utbjmtm6f8orlahs63f8cphjp1/18313919077.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/16458257990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caf98878095---42659937896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722263bc0f7---muravafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/22465791462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/909f2a1afcdde32047f5dab66a82dd05/34912787027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c440ad82cf63e201f63de6c67be2a07/nibege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02188109a55922aa203345cb93ea8e2/68278188175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d2330c32d---27426501610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/liwafufawofovupesevepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b1c1d6ad0---diposudiwaraxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piri-piri.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwozoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/mupijovejifot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/78458508699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086efe027b5f---30751218652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pototop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ddb1e955d---lasowenemerizowejoxefipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/jiwezimopikaxajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/18496225764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb078ae25e3---pexadewobala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/zitumizatatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebc3eab063---zupogapivovaxefutokiliwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/roditukidime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pyometra+for+dogsPDF 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_off00010c95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A7 16408 bytes
SHA-256: 22d3d94a6d9760e3424c4083de5257b80269a1e49c9a7df2c8b6aa13647c3bbe
font_02_sfnt_off00014f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F5B 10572 bytes
SHA-256: ff920c6c5e2cb7e79e61846999c7d2f9d15652d525f9550547cf063e087cb917