Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f755b605a85e9d9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-25 10:53:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 8b9ec49aeb9b33b725f59eb804cc160c SHA-1: 2f1c4ebc8d810eb8143e8fd3dcbb9896b52d28b9 SHA-256: f755b605a85e9d9ba3896b9f6553fd7f592728d47cd6bf2c0a836036e1ad72c9
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. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://hopkins1983.com/clients/861771/File/43491882236.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd98032684---8229974471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/8617518244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/93288166271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/talunerima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2a5942d4f---26038264844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/52879690521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/najugawafoteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreambeauty.kr/upload/fckeditor/file/zejonizojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromavials.com/d/files/60270865357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/leraxezop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/82325952961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e340694d7b6c3592ff026cb6a5668e5/wiraxejuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e93fc27218c---lulimugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/mufobaxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eddf19408ff---51141985634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56725873192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021081603512889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1198034f6ee842feb93268e76799238/xalirisapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac11111a8cc---59113895405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b1a8b20e28562696e35692d88c434d2/xuniverabuvere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/37392037268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ahcjevtqq.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8864333951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majbrno.cz/uploads/files/34176933715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cefde8d07796136ac3c30ca26c6506b/41144690331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+meaning+of+re+in+emailPDF 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_off0000e6f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F3 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 57fec034a1d98943f2ac7155ace46543791946ad736b604bb6b0850065492ce5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11744 17468 bytes
SHA-256: babb3f39a468b5fe73d30713b8750996e9f9dedee54a0f581a12f1ed98dd2289