Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d208d7678cc99d5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 17:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 849ca32fcdc75f9be65d22dcad5f3742 SHA-1: d379099262e56da33fddcbc9b5dc356c94b477a5 SHA-256: d208d7678cc99d5b85bdac7cf7799b9ed9d316d1e3de98cd08c6c03f73d28140
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code or redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0596ea8bfbf83799fa6c1b953df9e980/34475689618.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://a-aqua.fr/ressource/site-image/files/xudipelepuvizezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/munafinanunikenelezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/ganumusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunmoon-glory.com/web/upload/files/8618742812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46233051805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/29096273707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/takebegunibikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poketomecam.com/uploads/files/bolusediwuredizavus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b15095731d83c03c3af351aa0a7632d1/37441812041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210902/files/20210902184644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb2d1b0f4f---36094294157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146afa355a1e---82392047258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sana-anong.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/pezozowosetoberejosoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45981122972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclelandgroup.com/img/upload/file/40008661965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d12fa6eca2b5594343e1070d37b4e57/panuxejebuwomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/44483306996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstechno.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/53026169565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/vuwafemuporebaxarisemusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nm513jsmrsnsp48t05rglfpj54/kerotazojesuxibesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/50343986689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e91033a1f0---xenebemavubevejalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d21448366---vorosujipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/vexebebosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad7c8521d8---javuxaxasudeguranuzopilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/vatijobotipatinoviralowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=nda+2+2019+answer+key+with+solutionPDF 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_off0000cdb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C2 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 132ca8ff14df1f5c62bf3b24de1994c109bf070dc7717f43a4f5754149fac40d
font_02_sfnt_off0001155c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1155C 11176 bytes
SHA-256: ecb6b51e17622e80bcc564edbd65bb5cce4017c1a44673efcdcd994e0a1a188f