Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdbebb0981227d82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:14:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 57ac523102aa68c4a11dc102c6062256 SHA-1: 4b4f83248b203dac7545cf3c72cdc2421ada29d5 SHA-256: fdbebb0981227d826efaa6dba8beac506cef872b8937a20bc3943aec7b7a85ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further obfuscate the redirection process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11892832821.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://praward.tw/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fb4fce00bf8bfde779c0e51139c1d9c/miretosiwadulilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgal.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bubowesewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/sinizafulikofosadutor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/56022942944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/kasifitobukomamugolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/88628370382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b760d45156d54b17d65841b4cfb41efb/65923553203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1dea6b4228---rinulekiwoduwukepetikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasnguyenanhst.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21777777036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/39971029960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b5cbf2ba8c93deba328d355b9c6431e/69378043357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/sajunogutarofafezasaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749b5db2228---somuwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/33295168876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pomimagaludijuragoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/turadogunorozolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redhillplantation.com/clients/1/1a/1a02e1fabf1298af97853074613e4b20/File/45192197099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prjfemng4rkb893p4jvjkkvic4/42164946347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekejozsef.eu/FCKfeltoltott/file/pisavafaxawurevaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/12140065511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/40648940669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161277e661e905---linoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/jugisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1tujicto5e22ukraop55t8pd51/5897294680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/xazatijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/62229991001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hermen%C3%AAutica+constitucional+livro+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_off0000e164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE164 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF976 20948 bytes
SHA-256: 420b9dae4e0b9632d904b2077769694c3f206c19477ad161526e4e0ccadc0683
font_02_sfnt_off00012dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAD 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 51431be62d07511033f82556bed9974c8424606e756cd15e8d8b622d72025392