Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d520a2ac8db49770…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-11 05:56:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 41fdc775405643f2e819a6978de2cee9 SHA-1: 5ac6ac7c51c2b604c48e81beb9ff2609871e7a20 SHA-256: d520a2ac8db49770a93cfc44feb14e6a87f4d1876fd18bb91d84aed920d22691
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and links to multiple compromised websites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support a malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://gangwonbnb.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_A81DDA5FC2E60512.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608534efafb78---newixijinejoxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/49879121035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/pepopelofetomegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac15e1e964c---81795418234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/sadexapinag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/ruxudame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/peginixepegeginuzafaxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885e4e37b2f---wazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/12934849135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74969448818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9f5150532382dc95df6f2f4cd243017/larovekigawujujofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41711697721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d1af7761e43b40e7fc97b26df56e68/83372263318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a50ab61c6f34fcac1cceafec6885aaf2/pibajaregaxaxokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/sufugonuziwabufarusokona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd0faadc36298b0c824afe82b2149a13/gomibunesujawijizagadode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61280318976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/32907235043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de58cdab3a---43124688492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccd4c9ecc72---17319614545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4816988500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/47707922473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/mibitawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aad49d98b---fikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=exercicios+resolvidos+do+livro+estatica+mecanica+para+engenhariaPDF 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_off0000fa73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11285 21232 bytes
SHA-256: a2633a115ccd072638541828e1bfed553e1d92cc9962f8bc5d79150f9ab2f8c0
font_02_sfnt_off00014659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14659 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 334bee9210a566567e37e8147222c66878af5211c539c4bccce6cea0718c93e2