Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4c2b99ee3e83a47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-28 17:56:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e41180929fa4f31f9f95698ef0d738f5 SHA-1: 24c750945016e80326b76c981d75237a4d72385d SHA-256: f4c2b99ee3e83a4730f5a92df0fd1698aa34f2f103ad80ba98d1a02f32c192ae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://iscyber.com/userfiles/files/20829096320.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/kerideritawuwejozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39ee12a56f35c545695587a489dbeb2/rujebowodisufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/raxuwukaxufabozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f18f7df01---gozegezixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flims.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/kifapavamivodisifofagubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147f5d71132c---5575209615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpsamik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugenadapepobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.com/userfiles/file/26116487460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17129714987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oppedisanorobertosrl.com/userfiles/files/60053940857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/piwopojobazowasorezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/govinejokenesawidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/jididagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/91494974392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22545057748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://draftingfloorplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36137465831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/furikeleralose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/68789190495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/xuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getdol.com/page_data/file/42382409520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homokkepek.hu/editor_up/ledamuwapuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/582148797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=insane+io+gamesPDF 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_off0000b27d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB27D 10156 bytes
SHA-256: f6a16105ca5d0df85ce2624158f503dc43178b5f4e9410ddcf999acf372ee330
font_01_sfnt_off0000c927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC927 14360 bytes
SHA-256: 7c8a3f7025403895c8ede01177b31053c3793caa844900f2cbe16a5ca79848f3
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1