Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e441c6184211f4bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:30:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 492ab315102b9361bb147ce59663e014 SHA-1: 07fbf4e2a5cb4d709a54c87a86481e45073827a2 SHA-256: e441c6184211f4bb71d0363058b24187700ed5ec729772c357e858d78b50089b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using numerous distinct hosts for a link farm, suggesting an attempt to obscure malicious destinations. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://web68s.com/upload/files/junimujapasodozopuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85856392551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce57f68040---49503646539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f182ac52f6---82533834794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/jizitofedobozanezosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/98386218684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/spl43eeburts45c2pssv77mme6/65853371553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64c0c90251---tasidun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16216973138411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab02f2647b---17174627874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvtamminhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/getazisevudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muaah.ca/userfiles/files/nituvetibufimelalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c932c156bf---ropodazuxewitiwisomeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef755649fbb727c335ad0a420e65b276/53879958360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosaicopeoplecorporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kanutowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6989e171b725849d827abd0f9a8cc42d/293450755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/46208956911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caffedisanto.it/file/mozoselumaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607570e5228e9---31626575469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/vokujesukojizuxogeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c17d325e53---73390574888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhsclassof63.com/clients/c/c8/c8cc7cee7579ddcd469b669c0eb172d8/File/rujulusokiguriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.liftechforklifts.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76104233789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e49b3db7479fec630333c39fa8963599/76129937088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/lenesomivawefofolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=room+in+the+house+worksheetPDF 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_off0000cd96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD96 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 1a0468314467d2b22ab166914fe6f551ab48f070bafc2c81fc860e09f9dcf074
font_01_sfnt_off0000f825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF825 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 49dcc57499a5a817477c6b3a34208099659e06bb31e96cd5a058e560d6e5128c
font_02_sfnt_off00010fdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1