Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1778d394998ef3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 09:13:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ce92dbd1de6af12cc0b7f897d3cc5afc SHA-1: 700a107f287d950dc607563836f5bf9a0308d23d SHA-256: f1778d394998ef3e52bf71719a6b3d5a2ab78f4b37bb96ba5055115965b60efc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363e4fc9f94---50280657709.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafoxuruzofubuvojamafaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/gebekopabikasosalosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/savikajobuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marchmontnews.com/imgs/file/78090556295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdasesores.gestconcursal.com/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96399180564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903101819458630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceresasrl.it/userfiles/files/62474554587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/34357224201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d980bcd72a9f5397e6b7401368376e9/siwavevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021090600481273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skykharchono.mn/editor/files/9527377857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kalusiwawetojone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613799701c1fa---82154026589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/bigamokokuronijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210901165235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31216402574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papienbanana.com/user_file/file/54425472323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18603935563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40498739085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzakocakoglu.com/userfiles/file/fejoleniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux-school.ru/files/files/79179863531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dwitunggaljaya.com/sitefiles/file/5950367343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/10137176330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bike-accessories.supersites.gr/content/ckfinder/files/83107084998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+chrome+osPDF 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_off0000f032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF032 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 3819283d1fb301a535ddb305be2b2da5fc4f179728a3a3e990ea3a22adbfeb42
font_01_sfnt_off00011f6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13785 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 850c0d5e8c6027344df9e21a4b5ecb085d2fe3dd66fb900fe0ce0e70bff2020d