Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d839f01f2e4ebf35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:51:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 93b870c139ff2114197be5597a2ade28 SHA-1: 4fa5f3635750d47de87b1b57b941c6b374bbecdb SHA-256: d839f01f2e4ebf357837007a9c0ec2ae5f501dc3fda115ae1f2099325e8d98b1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6edba97d966890dd144271a04796e74b/nirebogojamedomafub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igv1k5dfviktif4u0slv0fu39h/73958098252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/40559193240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7bb4a771c8---94135440950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rhbr41p1usob7rium27sbb7mb/jexapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/71419724118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/65713878624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/33247320944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/wiwowemuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515190846989396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/83941209571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/89244223378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/35641599860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd5e097ac146007131f97d89ac71ef3/75811999936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f6433bfc2ba6be8674e03cbf498889/81758099107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/086358cb7319b5b2b7b6d4d6d7a9437d/90705128776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d993601a9---mezasawewedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o8bd23lq7ej8n5avndd3vvu2u/firipetexuderusuzagikize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8a0cbce27d20181dbce4b38ce61bd29/wakesukigiwosafowilovamix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0c6431a386eed969f6b56149a81749b/96784915998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e7a881d96---95642530676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsufmvfs6c19j90m0db384kb82/zoturaxapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe2ea3a1d5ddf0140d563bc8e189a65f/kaxorawawaluleviwiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07adc6b8f11fc8186cca20cdc4a7739/nemunuvitalelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021062921585690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=expectation+to+the+company+best+answerPDF 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_off0000ee3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3A 16880 bytes
SHA-256: efa2fcebcfef08f88c33f424874dd0a56d285f952ae1e96708e37b55cfa7707d
font_01_sfnt_off000119c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C9 11016 bytes
SHA-256: cd8eadb0d88d4715ab4d230b7a2c2d609b21b36cd496b32276bfe75ae5ee6fe1
font_02_sfnt_off00013318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13318 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1