Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abf8bf85c428be9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:42:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f7e37954448f627f0e2ac1564834155b SHA-1: 7ab3623226ab362bce1f1b4bc05ad4871d581c7c SHA-256: abf8bf85c428be9bdc041b1d678c1dee6cd4d8a789bb196a196e315ac7880c05
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm with numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=love+after+love+chinese+movie+watch+online PDF link annotation
    • http://dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31592614089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruh-center.ru/userfiles/file/96233760832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139aa65e2937---84928346232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613120f18927d---20810961769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/ditenutobiwefalawutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/70121103664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c9e88fa92---56782579721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363cbfa8511---61013705887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31838c50aa37f8f78ae61adda21afc81/befikufulade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416d10dd38d---7221176339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sleepthai.com/piceditor/file/kixuxusegan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restaurant-kamkok.fr/img/Data/file/zexedapup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_62A905354E6856C8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jatransfer.com/userfiles/file/maweturezebitezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitasevopopaxonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epponline.com/mentorfinancial/page_images/file/wovezuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirulusidobuniripoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopiergentili.it/userfiles/files/pazezurezebenapovubudafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reeder.ee/files/filemanager/nofebigipix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/21765097255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://athaj2.specialty-match.com/upload/files/6635884243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/24996290922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/57057823168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f5ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EA 17596 bytes
SHA-256: a059019ab4ebe163b1a2327ce0d86c163f9d2e6a1536803f89c2066b527955e8
font_01_sfnt_off0001231f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B36 10712 bytes
SHA-256: b815e5e434fce0c8428cef0401c66d1b79162e05049636715d7051804169256a