Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af8a0a136141b9e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 17:02:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 144876ab620b9d54d88855cc009059c5 SHA-1: e3f03a64b2100b6f5df04167a32a7901ef8acc9d SHA-256: af8a0a136141b9e387ed91a2f5d4d3f35d5ad3c654394f662b3a229bdc13a154
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The heuristics indicate a malformed exploit stream and that the document functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier also flagged it as malicious. The presence of numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5873

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/dugalepido.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ms2gacor.com/contents/files/53883171535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e402f9ea5453fbaeb93efb7301cf9612/52750456148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxkimya.com/resimler/files/7126769610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockbond-aac.com/id-admin/fckImages/file/nasejajuzidapabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliguoriarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/42863153577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saintarseny.ca/sites/saintarseny.ca/files/file/fijufijabezadanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naveenent.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/46678990166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/38619351242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptichile.cl/userfiles/file/pawibupogoxidipeniwemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/79605197313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illinoisfiscalpolicycouncil.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/63439005174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lighthousemacau.com/html_upload/file/89042454263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/tokekigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/zonevinebiwuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigexuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traitagri-solutions-alternatives.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakofakipolatuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11018cd885ba7c8ff5148a8e5957c629/84242398788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/95045208439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxopotegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fssqcpj9bnqsqfc46mg3ii4r58/romajomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mottaing.eu/userfiles/files/sogaxabetetanabavijejote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wigafupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=completing+the+square+formula+calculatorPDF link annotation
    • http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/static/imgUpload/files/jedilisipoxuwod.pdfIn 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_off0000b948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB948 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d15f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD15F 11204 bytes
SHA-256: a9ff6a0a1c474daac2a3b1f2a9768a56680dbd2313466efaf36bb9e49df7c112
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB13 17072 bytes
SHA-256: d421360e59dfc0cfeaa783c1dc22a6e0c985881662a1ce54f762971828e8ce31