Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2f560b30d0e83bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:02:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 41aec8ec1cdd9a4b861da7b1c8bc02f5 SHA-1: 5ecc3aff29145f4d8f73d5657c2133be1e54e64a SHA-256: b2f560b30d0e83bd3fe3892c259d558731b0a1492b4b1c5c84d0abdf4fc9ada3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malware or facilitate phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • 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.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a74491d8f75952b8c1e606dc8e7a0a1/sizukawitogijatima.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bienchidan.org/uploads/files/13202727155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/walejagepakuxusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a666dcb669---wolufidipurofoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/62380378670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/52015969214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/pidudubev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/14928149618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/xopajukek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/gumaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/46113426952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/33795501241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48158313923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hidropomp2008.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wakoloxuperekizaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/fopuwasimutakiwuveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaldistco.com/images/file/likedozigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vita-organic.eu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49965298227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/lukifogobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/napiluwizibiraxutuwisimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6443aad5184c62475edeb6b876726684/31599662061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orikon.net/Images_upload/files/20965921630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/daxena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/bowaxukikavipunetodig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/tobafekugozurazefavirafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90292349699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medpressa.ru/files/file/kituwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=offline+shooting+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000f897.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF897 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AE 10824 bytes
SHA-256: f2a0dccf1ce3a19748ee8d32a670362a4247a3400017330bf32f465bf0718034
font_02_sfnt_off0001293a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1293A 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 870fafaa999f5147d47d91fbd92d70ee750a409d62a4fbf80b4e02048db50f47