Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fef44571dbb3fcdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

193.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:05:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4cd266e0afb2a691838a7e85a409c766 SHA-1: 356601d97ba9fedf2c32075c866254cfbf71e1af SHA-256: fef44571dbb3fcdf290637c24e31f49b594d6cfb379c595a1d51681e83a394ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript which is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs. The JavaScript likely attempts to redirect the user to one of the numerous embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/13667797303.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/jidivopitudemadigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/likuvazexorebakamawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/20743162221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/files/judareroxevapenebabaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/69574092381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/44499633440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hetodon.com/fckeditorfiles/file/goguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qre3g93cceso7oca8kihkvfd6/jamakiparebotenotajopizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dexgerm.com/data/file/userfiles/files/fuxuxowijepakorofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/vimibepamanewitukudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/31709615141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/41052674069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gujaratisamajparis.org/upload/files/gadagigetogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingsbeltsville.com/uploads/files/towilesujuwubumakonad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613642cf87c2e---99839072615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wagogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-19/20210919050437251408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espressobuilders.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/benuxanapajenapemaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/zunosotugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjengo.org/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/gegunexinakavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/77244672180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144fb13223de---85019923362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/damelinedenuselako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=it%27s+okay+not+to+be+okay+ep+1+eng+subPDF 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_off000291d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x291D2 20724 bytes
SHA-256: 7438aa8f3ba1a8b4e7118c46314bfab7bbf471964a80c53c889f8f74b14f4a24
font_01_sfnt_off0002c753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C753 10672 bytes
SHA-256: e0b3e53e43f6b5b4838a0866baaff8c658afcaf938dc2e7825c8980576ef0a84
font_02_sfnt_off0002dfe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2DFE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1