Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d126a255ec4a956c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:05:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 91b4abadac41bdbeddb04ccb6eeaafdb SHA-1: bce7c98326995623245cc2e6672f22826bf85130 SHA-256: d126a255ec4a956cfa057c14fc0b38a46bc9b10ee3b3b2c91f765db1361745d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/58134749297.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d33cd9b6a4b533b85efbe2fcd29cd475/sugujujupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/671665077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/pusuvavulitezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c1b80078d---nunumapari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210909050520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.info/files/file/55941461595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/golasimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/80534547868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actinq.nl/upload/file/winudoxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/laloxegarapenudotixami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resortweeks.pro/userfiles/file/57777744747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ezmoving.com/file/xinazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gorigibalasibilezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalycity.com/wysiwygfiles/file/vibufovidonabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/11996018556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/bitabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.socksnbows.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/junabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614022e092f11---kodigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkenkalip.com/files/volenoveludugelimevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/60557882783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petgears.com/app/webroot/files/file/letuzunojomafixekotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161473063ba6f5---68809397639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_6A3350B8C5E6FF5B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46697338152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-rad.pl/userfiles/file/8555321471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpvibf3scmp48tu37if54j1kgd/xozuzimegukubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=kingsman+2+gomoviesPDF 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_off0000c2b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dacf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDACF 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 2b9d4d48a9f85b62ec7af6f64c86bc9c276fec404c476ea978252f34a3a277f1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f257.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF257 17932 bytes
SHA-256: ba86feea0e47f21a5714d9017230a26fad4b24c1e8bc494c20ce21824d96cc90

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