Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b71c8f4cf668decc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:05:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 41856eab6e5fbe113f19987a989761ec SHA-1: 5673c54893d87be4a11bf84a33a4d32e1d6eb825 SHA-256: b71c8f4cf668decc70da34acd63c27bf544a617fb39d93b856f5f3b08743365a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further exploitation of users who interact with these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.jobibon.com/admin/userfiles/file/55677153104.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613877fbabf26---49689487954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23265327257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanjali.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotutovobamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemarko.com/userfiles/file/33056144511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huntsvillepr.com/files/files/kofogufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/wilitif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/wutemusisozavore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a883f3d5b4d8fd310f7424cad77ce4a/63114962927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremedriveline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43427879634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613589bfe17dc---43961379137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nerezove-kuchyne.cz/UserFiles/File/vubomazoxuxasiruturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210905140046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/xigisefukudasoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06c963005b589b11e5b0ff0eac4040b3/28961610642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gioithieu.btccorp.vn/uploads/files/manozisipikelotadumejiwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/97477627309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/fuxawisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b105576ee---bukafiradolotizusobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/galawetemizafaribewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202109110313556769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cb239d590ebca732ef2d5297b5bc989/31382091817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51fe2a2f46e65dd183f8dab5dadee9af/lumevoropadijezegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7315629745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+call+tone+on+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_off0000e281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE281 18556 bytes
SHA-256: 79bab4b7f059aa914f8c409bfe78b9edce1d216ea03202d3500f745127f9c181
font_01_sfnt_off000111f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A09 10560 bytes
SHA-256: f1d5ff7f0ba1773bd2e7561772122829068f13a7906e09d798b4b7fe5595ea4b