Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b128a609328f68f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:01:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 164eb3626674da86534c878cf8cebd68 SHA-1: 1c5960aa0fc4c36e9e95418b00985a3ed62a4a03 SHA-256: b128a609328f68f86e7a9d60e9f334ed9368e75a106b8bd8c121b53a52d7194f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristic firings indicate it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/wiwilatagipabufaki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://interno-kazan.ru/upload/files/80434981171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutirodomodivezoderor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpennarak.com/user_file/file/30410833061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/45089673198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajefosavejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/40110671555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614202a1e24af---96226590043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140dd9745f65---70628957563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents/files/lunexujidotiwigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/23288346709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378db27c6d4---57203850288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/79888106754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lingchuanfloor.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/92508912575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://znalac.com/userfiles/file/40910631914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/76736075334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/65668290738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uc-kushiro.net/images/library/File/78744680733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62fbf42236f6f9c72f1b42674d4bac96/59913880625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/likibeduvoxotimaxokidem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.aerovents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53570001942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://democv.associasuite.com/imagenes/contenidos/files/satumitisufaxotalinoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervgtour.by/var/upload/file/51487161617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/66784523436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+textbook+for+ss1+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_off0001115c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1115C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012973.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12973 10980 bytes
SHA-256: d6a98c172974592798400d73160e1d4e58c511f71d4995955fbba6d8852c0d94
font_02_sfnt_off000142d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142D2 20988 bytes
SHA-256: c6fdce51afa1433e530c82c41ca5d12a92d591683acf3dffeefe2ec569519890