Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da168c266e76fb4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:52:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 47a7513b0f874e2dd1ae06044acaf83f SHA-1: 835bc7edd8c937bbf80ed87877eb16446f280e0a SHA-256: da168c266e76fb4b0be21f3969791c43a0dd8f3e299c6aa0cea3802d44c86416
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised websites further indicates a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://caydinhlang.net/userfiles/image/file/netovogabikiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/37335535308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/15161691235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0472a05d710bf13b99bf9eae267077b3/60554575655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7337a51396c37117a278c5ba326f507e/13126994990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99716595507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thompsonhigh1980.com/clients/4/48/48b9e10b24f1ac3c627dfd5bb8c45987/File/potaginoneduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/44001018269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9818760734---vemexekawesenajirunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunewakafisimokiladasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/jokototawexogewumolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c0f9d861d---86801139654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b181cb4d67d---vukokezufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofadodopiropulezuvamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160aa6f5fa5c49---18385276178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee32e2a5ca---nuxesomitedupurakorosola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20170066139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/45030168729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizalugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/5491591576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a7a42c8c3---32681785476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da9edeea6dd462f0145ebaf51706d72/65193514975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070119e7607b---pagogejazumisawazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/74374312115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+easiest+song+to+play+on+the+pianoPDF 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_off0000ea74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA74 16412 bytes
SHA-256: 0f55352d664c94432203f4166ae9bdd8ecadad252f1c253954f15e8d8f72bf79
font_01_sfnt_off000114c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114C7 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 94edbae3ac8a17c8deedd6f86c698dbc7775514d51d9ceb254e771c4f495cb3f
font_02_sfnt_off00012cc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1