Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0747095a38e453ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:03:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f600d2239f94991d5b71cb25f6522809 SHA-1: 3be93fbdbcd00b6847134e9f16dd03223e78733c SHA-256: 0747095a38e453ab1f3ee9bfdb6f7c15255c6e005db3f7b21f28e34e906d48a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely lead to phishing or malicious content, as indicated by the ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=historia+de+la+arqueologia+en+mexico+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea7656b816997991c644608385150eca/48615009335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511ad6c70c38cd6ad6fe26c5822442d3/29967693305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b364cba49---71364435640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119bf25490df---pefukemubusesimemofato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765537b0c63---70001336576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/2427505269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/letejanawabefizuweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitirajebana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/gedujelerakolixowosadado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87561199542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/86466575805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/reribadod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/86994641098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099dbc930ae0---xeduxavazusixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/libuxedutafolil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/kixaputujiwagijafaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/vawanisoposiwupujuxagide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/viwugenumevodek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123a9ace435c---webojilevaminizoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/9035977322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a2150dd66bdd5ef4d3d99958d78ea53/80007411236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/mobede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ea65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA65 11300 bytes
SHA-256: ecef05249908285a4727f2168ae60938a9ae3d87fb032d1a04610acbeb4c89d8
font_01_sfnt_off00010465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10465 20640 bytes
SHA-256: 558a98e263b629390e6696eb3de8eaf552685e17a439068491cf06dc719b104d
font_02_sfnt_off0001391f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1