Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b17a4c5f712c327b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 13:28:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 65322c7aa20a359c118347d930bad755 SHA-1: 0c040a7fd077d2b1c7de565501d154d4070146de SHA-256: b17a4c5f712c327b910b7cdc113df0a7e38073795647d46b89afa45a31fdc846
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d85a60d83e---31771666960.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/12330728207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.net/contents/files/66766138801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabanagarden.hu/editor_up/5701372481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents/files/39604540936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ddda65b8b---89094814825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/93543151313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21947110268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ca733394acf32b861209e30b689bd08/27139460028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/6388953486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ef0d8cd676bb166d1723e28387b6a78/firisuwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtpokebar.com/uploads/files/bafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/16012860059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcloud.cloud/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70642014762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/44762397932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giustizianuova.it/userfiles/file/47753980517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuontoanthang.com/media/file/15980119401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fra2ange.it/userfiles/files/vivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/34554205747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6196f19ed---vodebuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133094f87b86---woriwuwonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/16624879816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/36790698088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/71945676354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=object+oriented+programming+c%23+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_off0000c2ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2EA 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 9721ec2f4af2233f90453a87035cb4f09c075a582946545ca0bc2eb48c41c25a
font_01_sfnt_off0000effa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFA 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 6458b0ac54e5493173e44c9c12d628cb79ef806ca950248e27c7af82af43d82a
font_02_sfnt_off000108dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1