Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5032b691dd60a14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-08-27 19:50:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e0ca615ad7fa40f8b56b449223fa4ccb SHA-1: 7dbbcdac2a341f783ca7042abb6941ead2a33786 SHA-256: b5032b691dd60a14a9f21f41ae197b53de08b775c33bb64f33ddde7a66679d62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The combination of embedded JavaScript and a link farm suggests an attempt to deliver a secondary payload or redirect users to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/72311330347.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/60155866173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f0e4ca5d5b---97375367511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec95fcab79f49aa00c37a8f5855647c5/zewusomadope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/zekojuxajasejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e89b4d41f---vibapilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/dipadowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/47137659514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852ccb53507---fujunamalugadazodeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2bc3902fbd---jujamurupedumaburobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021060900311049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/13793841622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/28889573912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimivaves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/kereriguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tusabepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1e8e298ab---ninemibatopudija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/bogutimigexunumosamezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/feronudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polloricowings.com/uploads/files/vesokasaronum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/jupawami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a8db1730a---12409269612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c3b3bdb56---82905061161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/vekuxogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609068e066fe4---76490488350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=take+that+it%27s+all+for+youPDF 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_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12258 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 227c11db6a067fa569666119440d204434f7bc054afbb84f403e0b9f17cdee0c
font_02_sfnt_off00013a85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A85 19496 bytes
SHA-256: 883ecebf5cde89c9cc3ee2fa506fbbf2f23b73e83219f13964a3a20aa70d8892