Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c74f14735b551cc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

141.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:58:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8244808b6c2442d4f0d138f9cd380e5a SHA-1: ad57e9e509afb0113b2ab52b4613883ef7207244 SHA-256: c74f14735b551cc1aa4cae3fabb03aca7ea7b7e1dff3b73115cc43ac537b8f11
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous external links, several of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090123380673499.pdf
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f039accfa3---riselax.pdf
    • http://ingpiazza.eu/userfiles/files/46314732692.pdf
    • http://chinahk-ip.com/chinahk_ip/html/files/editor/file/59257662107.pdf
    • http://philipp-haberland.de/images/upload/file/10669466302.pdf
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waropufusibidemo.pdf
    • http://babyshelter.net/assets/upload/files/39159923817.pdf
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13910347674.pdf
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/nezutamufupesexifesa.pdf
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/49395089918.pdf
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-09-09/images/files/diner.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161367d3776409---zivinitijisal.pdf
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/930eb63dd5e62123b98c5a942dd69a1b/18696154892.pdf
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/29803954049.pdf
    • http://coolbiotech.com/upload/files/81327418542.pdf
    • http://ocean-ex.com/images/blog/file/4701742050.pdf
    • http://queenart.kr/userData/board/file/68380906447.pdf
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/73329879189.pdf
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/8488969927.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/79458167606.pdf
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/javupotuzorafeve.pdf
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/32712368867.pdf
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/sekixubojuduw.pdf
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59914042124.pdf
    • http://origo.ws/userfiles/file/170518736.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=setcpu+for+root+users+apk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001c1d1.bin
164140ec34cfda807fd4caf956bacbfa5b0e7ffecf51a14de24f1e3d8272fac8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C1D1 10500 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001d9e4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D9E4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001f1f6.bin
8d65acc35cecef462da4598a10d54667cc56a43eb3dfbbb8f05b670539ec1dd9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F1F6 19724 bytes