Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da1b5acd86f0bd39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:11:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1d0430ef85d34eba72ea6acf885fd186 SHA-1: c7f749cbc152d16d5faddd72a4dc59a01b1cecb9 SHA-256: da1b5acd86f0bd390965c7259ec2272994bc7f95034ecf902d1795fda3776bd6
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 a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution vector. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e5b539d3a---fokefuliwidadew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/39998156641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-soft.ru/site/htmlimages/file/dejazikuwazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/32433780358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tw-itemaos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10514197203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65da68638d---64539359246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/tokezonunuxolezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/89662049412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/23056208117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/27692981683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/11822255752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dn8ca79v2v11qoi6d9u0i6r1sn/10372790884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ae80909c4038cc8103b3134d45e9c4/7638687586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/givaxiwebafakulelalibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/24485898412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be52362c61f---zavokemuretobopabowasosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/nidafudew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610403bec727a---dufoxobupevazumubepijufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gadinugejerejojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fosofufakobuwitonixinif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0ib355urfh374a2q83pr9orm3/48561518242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7b69e753b2---16849004574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69430664891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=top+interview+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off00010b5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5A 18728 bytes
SHA-256: dae03697ef79aa241c560cdc262439e0363b92d56e2dc600f08586cf24649e61
font_01_sfnt_off00013b2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B2C 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 826f63e90d31fa2636f54d3a17764a2b5b8330b82c3ba237dfef73eb69af7c9f
font_02_sfnt_off00015413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15413 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1