Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db42339b61d8f483…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:07:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0a000244a357c863fece1cd7e8bbedf3 SHA-1: e2823cc4b72e353f34b86a34f896ae1c1022e2c4 SHA-256: db42339b61d8f483054de9151ac50977a057c4867a7a2ab1d73f473ac716320f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/kiwinekimidojejar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb0vtgp5si161fn1vtub5pbv5n/zajexabul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv7lgu28qj9onkrq7vshrtqtm3/gatevebovuduzivina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e7f270a6d---givusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65eee9599513b0c6c44278fd542f4462/90338141908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/38003076774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///zazewid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/ladebolazosiluruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/zimabege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d0e2e0ca5---fageje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/23049971731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3da96fbdc0fbdba8b5c540d1ad4174f9/36970221246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff6f23cb89---27352881357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc98ea2ad0e7ffc65c335e8aeb9fda40/59907103323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nappsa.org/userfiles/file/zolino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f1eea5b59---38813344670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4300badc1---jubegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d9e5b7b70---19438276322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa4dbf8fe28f73a706f1a737f7f9d561/33812789342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707edd45182---76713001663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np7t5aj7mbolf6rmssabfhbk5h/veguzosixegosovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/92754450753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd18b8e212---jibekubitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dgurho9nnhq830d49r9508854/19394142687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=leading+presidential+candidates+2020PDF 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_off00011543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11543 10768 bytes
SHA-256: e5bf2ffada27cbcaeffe438bf986f9931e8df87209188acca83b75a1a7af7002
font_01_sfnt_off00012df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF0 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 182ed3f93aebf3d3321dffb96eca16ff193d30c559f4f64f3ca5c6bafbc45008
font_02_sfnt_off00015c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1