Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d151bca9aac67272…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-28 16:48:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a9a81ce0c9e1d5b43d4668e70fc9a50b SHA-1: 82040a3bac8941fdc344852f2390ae5fa2ffca04 SHA-256: d151bca9aac67272b2becf1ed8c11df471d8e351bddddffee5dcd33b79831c62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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://bbhshipyard.com/userfiles/file/34405266401.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/11923673304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnc21.com/files/fckeditor/file/20687197613609bf0a4dc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/55953967695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210918150559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba033094535f07fb37b0b31c63d1dc6/79692930429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/52229604062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16152920c72530---14787270828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santamyoga.be/images/file/tukoxotare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70225103026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612edbfc7e6a2---42042304184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autokolcsonzoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/48273044428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/laloboripixabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/godojezovifumemeles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbrf.com/files/fckeditor/file/173644181613551db0647f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/13162732547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gizunuxatuvudazemaregis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/93581713214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/70745018040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/dufixobaretitig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mtiwelding.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofifeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paramourpourbebe.bettygagne.ca/userfiles/file/46792162017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/nujivunilivoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=kipling+jungle+book+charactersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB18E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c99f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC99F 16288 bytes
SHA-256: a51b3c4481c7e73722076cef0231519caf0570765f9dfb31d699a8a642f6ff97
font_02_sfnt_off0000dfce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFCE 18616 bytes
SHA-256: 08518e284627357dce14548d93142bbd3ad5d7b5a0e35315c740e80fe83b36b4
font_03_sfnt_off00010f9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9D 11108 bytes
SHA-256: d9663e9fa84f0ddbf3b2bd06f8022e1f5dcf38dd376f0c4dff2b7b76d4ee2cea