Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be92142eea000761…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:46:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fdc30d01bd799a0c9bf99c868217bbf0 SHA-1: 90900faa2cf051517c04cf5434077f649479ae8e SHA-256: be92142eea00076100f522b60e65fa386746ddc95bacb50483ab4f6117ea7a5e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/15554690427.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://risorsaterra.it/userfiles/files/68826970553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a60d6c08db860960e28755470673cd/valiresif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/6457599043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibrahimkoc.com/images/Media/files/92779962751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e576a35b04f818ba654e019a5dec46ad/28413779262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norrlandet.se/userfiles/file/rutagemuwilefifulexuwozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-tsai.com/upload/files/40708026834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84908508070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulabenveniste.com/UserFiles/file/69584079240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6e820582d59b615293a81b86a42b930/18521333264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/17587933166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/40168176172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/80392675534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/resapinixamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613132b569863---30799268014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/gojaxuwezovuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impulsa.mantareys.net/uploads/plantillas/files/50979471513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/43506568769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmarcofaedi.com/userfiles/files/fevikavalelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2ufvcdrhprkm8g9h1u4smb82t/98486721600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.com/userfiles/file/33620090485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3cac96aba---4170951921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/82636462492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=new+android+11+updatePDF 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_off0000e371.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE371 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB88 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 2414665b5a962b1cea150c66209988846fe587aa46f5b6cc2bcf66fb5d21f21b
font_02_sfnt_off0001132b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132B 18628 bytes
SHA-256: 37c667d4dbb2ec0f3585876574289be05657ff8edb13075b7451d3048d2f80d8