Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cda2340b49a7f3f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 00:11:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8a3657acc56af36025183145a203cfc7 SHA-1: e0d4c0e5a891f11fbd81f3c967de28f11c21db1f SHA-256: cda2340b49a7f3f6ee9c80df7ed6103ca24c54e61d721fd761e471af827df525
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 or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories, further indicates a phishing or malicious content delivery attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/49393680473.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/diwepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/42157088000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/tezewotozovitorinafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/12197600195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mg5mbhv48cq96p54pp1qto353/bapiwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6211e902f3---57791488928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k564e55ul7ct2ibp9bh7e3cs9h/35853289631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suditep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/zazatakawonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc6131bef1f---9529115973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojenimoturawakabulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumovugubikona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/81173459699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/56322543939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f69ad8d1ae26a9ff84acbfdbf10049c0/muzuwovineroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/89653602171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f6a5f6d739eef7287b22825cee0cc5/xevukibawijifaxiloxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixusinorevuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/busubasiwezowageforaxumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6385b33cce---4702937229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/ledilirovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/davelizemosanuzifudarozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=is+there+a+ds+emulator+for+iosPDF 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_off0000f63a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63A 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 93aeb472d3a1cfdf94c5587459eed59cd001ee062d1caff12a74f16a1013f1b3
font_01_sfnt_off00010e51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E51 17560 bytes
SHA-256: 01ce16dd4d4b9aef7f760b8a161e470f50e17e6ea065f75c92cc8731f2b5243a
font_02_sfnt_off00013c1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1