Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d05392f6d84a156c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:04:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 861db9011f2eb79040bd2dc25d24ce76 SHA-1: b8428230447d67fa8e30196a20906b121995a838 SHA-256: d05392f6d84a156c054793222026b5a8a07f0a40499f621ad404a68368bd60a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phish users. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download or redirect process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfagufrn5ahenr3a6b52mailsq/dalotalizaxur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/1622526203148746332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f66e83a60d7---54057729175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://186086.com/upload/files/5194198149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869e79103dd---valomovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113b1d8d6eb4---77923609909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalba.net/other_files/File/jegavinowenefagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/47751305678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsclinicwest.ie/media/contents/file/17348776664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59cd1aa892---28154921744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/58880695609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2ae104f5e---91848007889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ea4ae6b247e8c53222e57ecd8129356/53981710973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostingalani.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nolinanotelewosilopomuder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fec8e3f051021eb900ae01cc74381e9/3996599416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/90787540868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cff7e0eea025b33a7c6c6a635d72b54/18126897423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingchucontrol.com/Uploadfiles/files/sibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///bupamafixajebatawumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79dee271053cf99ba8dca26eb9ebdb66/zofamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805b42c638e---72124724376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j8e7o39ms3b5qe1vgn0mob5sc/puvakovazokilelaluzikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlponder.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/25375130591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/vafobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/pebubase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=zeplin+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4FF 17656 bytes
SHA-256: ef1e7ea63c3110866cf37ba9c31b961805f86b0655d7f03e707760f2af55c616
font_01_sfnt_off00011309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11309 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 21b350d63dd65a76d47f89f9930b751cd622328b7c9c6c4740e6613d6a29eded
font_02_sfnt_off000129f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1