Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72e43ade6425f4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-10 12:01:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c8409a2cb16da3e99fd8bb5bb1f22769 SHA-1: 2671bd106748b3992e0a29a2af08e59c1e3185af SHA-256: e72e43ade6425f4fabd5298fde61e1f159cec378e675509259c6f1dd26842f2c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm, as indicated by the PDF_JS and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The embedded JavaScript is a strong indicator of malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination or host multiple lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://topp.pl/_topp/file/suwamozopuzukiwamupo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/11290150787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a8a0a932eb---14193609318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/27962541513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/mowibibametediwefulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613927ef3d47e---saxenubugakadaxixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25892590051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomekorea.com/userData/board/file/79296269871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/potuzapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youil.org/userData/board/file/bodorejajazopigabumoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autokolcsonzoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/17070556164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dd-eng.com/files/files/lawufoviruzaputekuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/pinimawizezato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/29729784109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/wizafiwupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefobaxafevevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f30b9a3526ac9be1bd7ec125ded29501/26009253964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nu983qallfqsn07c7rmann56ro/kukudafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://y3stwk65l-mn9.com/contents/files/22863813284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/33172535488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubsahdianagalati.ro/upload/editor/file/25765835634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadex.pl/fck/file/saduwazixuvutafanexidurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/60310309496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=kimmunicator+ringtone+androidPDF 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_off0000d5e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E0 10588 bytes
SHA-256: bfef76ae607ccf8c28b13929e7bf796991c40737a97a69a74d839986f0fefc50
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E6 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 41e2a1d9cab2709358ac9f21ca8d10e603086c18b1422325477c5663bb155371