Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd122f8a1fa4c770…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 14:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 34403ee101309bb1639edaa54d2836c5 SHA-1: 42131d9de3b564022c03efd24243791370bba22a SHA-256: dd122f8a1fa4c770e0e2a0f5a7735bfbad18cdb6df6448808e304a8ff63b48b3
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 with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/72912880965.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6dbd1f7a5---dojofewutesafejuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mch3bhhbgok8sed0ka4grvrodh/37559784251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentor-tutor.com/newGroserLikeProject/uploads/files/bujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/75271746370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/nonepuworobiriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/76609687027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/gajowurevanekewoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314b8067200---zewosujubudunavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/zemupidejigudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefineart.com/assets/202109/files/20210909202001844853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/13845471786137e3626e442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanna-flyingclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/titiwilelufudurega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxczx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905_161736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a25cca35836e97a4baa1e21b72eb75a/kiveguguban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evrofurnitura.by/elax-furnitura.ru/uploads/files/binexixositefodawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46154757964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu01r1l0phfekm8d4unhvobg40/sulimekobozemuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokturmice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36662003990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376f1dae56b---lixotevugefafoxuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/35459884695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/gunepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/62908835027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhappyhouse.com/upload/files/tiwidakumujikigaxotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=spam+messages+prank+freePDF 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_off0000b3e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3E2 14740 bytes
SHA-256: ac1debe3aca218561ea2741db57d19a6c1b52a158a9f28ef46e7944e61447cc8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93F 10512 bytes
SHA-256: adbde91433231c5fe77bd2fcfb4c9c39cf67ab7249621394b0eab792a8612582
font_02_sfnt_off0000f124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF124 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1