Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8465c553f10ccdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 02775544489f03f2be3e8bf13aa169f0 SHA-1: 47d7266588eeba9dd05b4a1b9a81666c8a70b553 SHA-256: f8465c553f10ccdc5d0cbc705f79dd4c49217fa8dc5a8cb4aee30ecbc2e99781
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The presence of JavaScript indicates an intent to execute code, likely to download further payloads or redirect the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/15312922210.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/bironev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolapezzano.it/userfiles/files/xuwezesowiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76824513506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxnqx.org/upload/file/Fl202109200603556984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/68173764863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcm-invoice.vn/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/55872358874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210901/files/20210901140917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/28182076517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarathi.live/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xixirivuzobaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/47590547476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jabuzowiniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/453e46fa55c62a732f2155880ba69dd7/81113951417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/28013046729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38193191038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc2032da2d3a7c20ff8bc8a28cfd6247/fubusuguluposazepukixasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t-groupvnxkld.com/uploads/news_file/lapobotuwudodisepozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/18186652653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/93345607024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95511445310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/74778409133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82192337338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeshopeez.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/20700010213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonepigments.com/userfiles/file/zexibusojarige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/suveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351fdc2b7f3---lasiromedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=argumentative+reading+passages+with+questions+pdfPDF 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_off0000be2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE2F 15340 bytes
SHA-256: 9af105bce9a4d0ba279ef724b4a187fdb990ad4d15e71e7077ad25d5f92017e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e51b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51B 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 3d8bf98ce8c4d2263775b08c82aed21142887fc9d551f584aad6caa9cbc722cf
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1