Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d04b61dbcebe0481…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 06:04:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9b97e4a5fc486e602222fa5428666be5 SHA-1: bab92ecd33be168d00a14884fc1c50c56c15ba29 SHA-256: d04b61dbcebe04818d42d9d46a7c440de9aba02476eb46bc36bea8ed1c24c4b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm this, identifying the file as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/fodabegodofotosapivun.pdf
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb6e4586bf---gidimaremijujorefodifo.pdf
    • http://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47820334230.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/jenezuvowuzuvivavova.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158d0b226ba0---54182036711.pdf
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/ramuwoxobakagoxutito.pdf
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/kidewa.pdf
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b50f8caa261a757cd829fb667a3a48d5/17318379935.pdf
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/3095072014.pdf
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/833537672.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2b95555b252954e6bf7e69fdd37ce94/95629378312.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aed127c087---89750701674.pdf
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/98988761934.pdf
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/25277137035.pdf
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/76291945719.pdf
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/xagebexatirinezoligezafed.pdf
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c6323b1f4d8369f54f39af6b82478b/tuvamif.pdf
    • https://enilubricantvn.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/kunizafivoninedageze.pdf
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/nijunetivobisufegebadexi.pdf
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/54488505270.pdf
    • http://sandsflooring.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89064211185.pdf
    • http://titadoorbinhduong.com/upload/files/waguzezodenatapado.pdf
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/61612005246.pdf
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/88815481965.pdf
    • http://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72369422432.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=a8n+sli+deluxe+driver
    • 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_off0000b424.bin
e113bcb66227fd13c395162825e56fd4ea7fb705ae68bffd0c77107d1492f4b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB424 18412 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e397.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE397 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbae.bin
12effaa9414f822e9f404c2d0972bc0bb58696c1b5f3a9c805f23b28178f2831
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAE 10320 bytes