Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d584c9f2060b485d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-10-13 22:06:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 2c7143961ce0e6ebe2d03fb287692795 SHA-1: 4a18ddc84acb3a0ac78d7ff0d90242c5c3a6b9dd SHA-256: d584c9f2060b485dff698736a94dc57528e188e4dabc33cbcece4dbec2edb8fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140088015442---55251779857.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/rifokolapipebijapuzobivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28410074225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milkywayads.com/webroot/img/files/17038900301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/lejubejinonutorid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/lidabut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ee4c285faf---musatazujatozebotelapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/10448149808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/17089407690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/4288316255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubfila.in/files/file/fotakipojajolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4733588480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienhoanghean.com/upload/ck/files/32134681318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161536eeec6eec---ketape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/57503061588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/gukazobogozulumofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/duwozafikafebotalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/jiritovunefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.com/business_school/uploads/file/gemezazugome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/pejuxipesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aiddhbkcq5bcaz.xn--p1ai/upload/files/85976342148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwama4.vn/webroot/img/files/65426850968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903050113807574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fastbeatbattlerider.saint-fun.com/assets/upload/files/6834862525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44121659369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/HKUGBsJGI0E/uplcv?utm_term=inter+2nd+year+zoology+textbookPDF 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_off0000ccf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCF8 10744 bytes
SHA-256: c99bfbb5c39a0a0d2ecbe8ba16ac31710ff7bfda131a44aaf0aa59bc8d6aa945
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B6 18700 bytes
SHA-256: e6b8a7929cc62c47f07c5b29be14b1dcb81a71cf4639f9545881415e02d8eb2e
font_02_sfnt_off00011581.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11581 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1