Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9023d4e0ea8cc6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 13:45:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4017413db84ea76aadf8c0013c156a8d SHA-1: 7be536c9ec9b21bab9259f615c6c20beaafa9cf4 SHA-256: b9023d4e0ea8cc6d672f77ed58227babf8cb3bb3b520fc2831f2f27acf76168d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links to compromised websites, specifically pointing to formcraft plugin upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af97edc7395---43674643432.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5d614cdb6c---lamutujojopewilude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e9dd78c14---rafifilibijitazuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3c57b18d0f---sovopajidepazalobemutumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/90974402071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56849116983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e91e8ce2a---buxobujosetaputenuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/29438216541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/42825945651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607891fe72442---98282864431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77662523470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d5018e77337661322808875506e1cab/18725261861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14f07c2f89652f0f98ffec92e9255580/58463645472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaox.com/v15/Upload/file/202182643428296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d52dd71b1de---49489733929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7f831e707---sekuxejizazari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/20849552698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e41806c7c350451c01e63b1cbcd2e49/10701938092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/69432974482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607e2e6a0947f---98120047383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/zumexejuruvekogaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10da152e5c7d044d9ef8e293069f0778/40335541433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/53834327998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+create+a+monthly+employee+work+schedule+in+excelPDF 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_off000110fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FE 11264 bytes
SHA-256: bee5e0f1a3ad8003b11201a7e597b6d692459e39bcd77cb42a3dd6a2eba0fafb
font_01_sfnt_off00012b41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014353.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14353 16844 bytes
SHA-256: a53a157f92b77d96ad56f406ffb6427a64947ac3c23e4e09f45bd01cfee4efad