Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e23698c07358e07d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.2 KB Created: 2021-08-22 19:52:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ca7b97f36813aea1d8fff82d9380f317 SHA-1: 6ab24779be39ae6ce136985808f5bb285caaf911 SHA-256: e23698c07358e07d4d445c9f50114dac3eb612f0373c323f775f83f9474a758f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://pelejas.com/IMAGENS/CKFINDER/files/68469541287.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/114cbd4a9c128b0b58ef2afb941b318a/korupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazuxofize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovevietnam-vnss.com/upload/file/68631091136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16om3lvlllekcsvpbgrisi29c1/22646746144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/tevikikuxozosagilufojewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/62813320883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oh6qpftvb635ng6mjmcdbjm6da/70726046006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wickedcheesy.com/images/file/kenolabewiser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.org/contents/files/26977679812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608458f0a56ef---66661470174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0829b24ebec3b5b76ccd6fc70445169/99252055846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://614move.com/clients/4890/File/kozadaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160d3030b56c15---19101156636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7bdcc71dd---29634185708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210712092723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/durokunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/suruzujozuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f790e18f3---rivasudalamatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowanfamilyreunion.com/clients/28915/File/dopetejukigotaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88a5ae669ce4f5181a67062694bf2bf8/fepejizunuxifuwekurupome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47de04a3051edf1afb690aeca02fb930/4479422619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/sefojozex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/nirufuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=microsoft+sql+server+2012+iso+free+downloadPDF 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_off0001239c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1239C 19524 bytes
SHA-256: c36a89393d28eaaf76a64338cfc815f80f4d1bca5bb480f5391d3f8632aa5570
font_01_sfnt_off00015728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15728 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef858530344a5cf8cfdc71476389341e7b014759b16e1af1871d00773e6853f
font_02_sfnt_off000170fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1