Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adb65b3f865a4823…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 17:57:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: f3650005c92d588d88717d7b5c872fb6 SHA-1: 46166714d4cc652f9e9b9b5dde989af122e181fe SHA-256: adb65b3f865a482385af996452e2ee90037deef49ca8f7bdebc9e2299c585496
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains JavaScript that triggers external URI redirects. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736a585b569---89396647147.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ekogamma.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zakoweninekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3394fa6918---fababiwewisuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607426210675d---78319670117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/vavogilejejogoguditeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42418a2c21df81c3742647fa3eff716f/fajakajizimuxasilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/92770833689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/8264865859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbdirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37279152650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48740eb74e---44317222731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/36613652881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e54d1eb1f08.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/23722823363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/80879556840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751acb9e83ca942a10ad625a50b235b6/23988489114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/fuxewijigelenilutipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/9839545657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/29775982702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9m6pnlmhkk98affaol2djd5n0/53547425058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c7160ae9db7c0e645bb1fbb322af1a/37365201966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/84343206445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073653e1848e---10873976742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/tazelivurudubufoxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d15b772f855b9431c5913c7724749974/83080900486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/zenovawikabitodaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83495033967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+acrobat+pro+dc+serial+number+list+2020PDF 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_off0000f3b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B4 11140 bytes
SHA-256: c6818ea1beafed993e221460994a55391cfa64ff5a2591f41c4f7a57d84eea0b
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001258e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1258E 17460 bytes
SHA-256: a39db2eb2a5f07a870b456829bc059be238a99e92008e41f4d1be08275eaba54