Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db9208f034bc66d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 05:38:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 779fd57b7abfc1a80ed201681f0b3548 SHA-1: f321c56cf9d613031dd7d8b3e340facbd2d8f409 SHA-256: db9208f034bc66d3a71d3d84ccfe10eb48219288b3d3a34acfc16f17de9655fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript which is likely used to redirect the user to external URLs. Several heuristics indicate that these URLs are part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4pp60n257gjgca251n19m7bme/zotaruwovin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/tizokolojasaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/29546220009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/50353502758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5tkmar6ehkuah3160ieg7f6ib/mitosotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/pisalibulolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongnuocdenhat.com/upload/files/litubiduxilokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/2367609272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adedb4522f5efd2df9f62e32a6b0f38f/62001567368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/guruleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavugajapajizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d68b2e6d04a9ab831cf0ce569d8bf681/88892995539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/55656876078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/koxekujegajegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrpeidtvuil0t4h60dhl9ktsp2/51403190877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/53999393276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fdc5a0619---87901395366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/78470255898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vendax.ro/files/file/19429948851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798b6d947cc---zajilorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/96668153038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nampbus6sb3ulhlt7312fatjpb/94271921199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/84188384960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxefuwamekorilajugimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=please+please+the+bees+questionsPDF 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_off0000e2b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B2 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 0991e7f5e2e0e2ac94c08fdda2d29b8bef40822f199a05345ef073623698bb59
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D3 16948 bytes
SHA-256: a82927b005816f5803a70f79a28d72174ebded1658628b54490424532ccb112e