Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e23629e7c503d624…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 09:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4b6653e3da784ac74706ce76ff08867b SHA-1: 30587e4f5c31c3690342c5a79a8f4193c0bb9f11 SHA-256: e23629e7c503d624c5400fe9463fdb7415c293f7db12682c05a88da55716a2ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also hosts a link farm pointing to numerous external PDF files, many hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely attempt to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/49861751628.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/sixagasumatarerajiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natpuedu.in/userfiles/file/nexopukutofagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/58426106024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202109file/2021090714104070554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakdekkersindex.nl/images/uploads/ginedebevesosotebiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23b99a383a92c247177183f8b41bcd37/wunilavogegopulawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82087786443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/files/file/talibitogedugepowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/38307753454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613081938ff4e---relofesuwexofogebaxasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8097629183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/80776132569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tg-focus.ru/userfiles/files/dewukuxemakadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9213bf8467c49b0476580258f005e928/4354955654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzoganomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fe66589c1---laledipobejixuvujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38ea54a3f7a47befcf454eeb654263fb/sexanipixupajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/83062204659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/sumelozitufekutugigutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/6840656144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urotunisia.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/kapaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loadcell.vn/Images_upload/files/gataxobuzijebimidubapoduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/43024545281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210905102543946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/sebexenape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+day+after+tomorrow+full+movie+online+with+english+subtitlesPDF 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_off0000c36e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC36E 16496 bytes
SHA-256: 1eac3e4f7a861d8bfaf69451f6e3c0a66b36c41d326a655e20e96b795f0f7482
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE1E 11272 bytes
SHA-256: fc41002207fa0e0be7519fb7986915438feecdc6190dc121bbe0d7e0101d95d6
font_02_sfnt_off00010843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10843 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1