Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b138e308209afec7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d276494b4ed778fe722fc05fbc05536a SHA-1: 0b9cd5b72aba0532ecf5f33c60184fde526939cb SHA-256: b138e308209afec7c119c8d321f933780ea8c175723ed85a41ce24e4155b38a4
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. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised websites, likely to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/3087329687.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/64092317707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/teduxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a474c11077---didegadubofobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdwy028.com/uploadfile/file/20210702174041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rexant.by/upload/editor/files/73715180375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/6951010388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b812761fe69cbbd06954886d89eacf46/40243922918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/504150368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/tamazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ccc60fcbe---tigopanoniguxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verticala.ro/images/userfiles/jotelurowirisebuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usarsenal.it/userfiles/files/desagunagopajovize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d33468bd1abdf61c7c834937ef4d72f6/94000176334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/4029655471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/60863513101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/basakemasigezalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa2acb4a35e---faxalorusedavokizuzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7a97bb75e---kebufipevogobona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psystems.gr/Administrator/uploads/userpics/OutPostImages/files/todekusamifoxekozumeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/sukexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutezogava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608547d351aa4---legijexulopenorade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/puxivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=taxonomia+del+reino+vegetal+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_off00011591.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11591 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 409a25efb563b4a2aba6d337d61e7809b2656d877eb120b99c4079b5834185ca
font_01_sfnt_off00012e44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E44 21052 bytes
SHA-256: 0fbe028891804e78d0d51ae2e6dfb3f6ed3ac2ad528a98c19615d32a5805cc9f
font_02_sfnt_off00016483.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16483 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1