Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1005ffd4dbb73c11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 18:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 78b58d5b015971ee170bba675ca1c17c SHA-1: 4af9900ba6170ecb86920ee6187bc1b4976346b9 SHA-256: 1005ffd4dbb73c11d2be293ecc72881425b7efdccbb20d3e6e68127285af0cb8
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 point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness, likely related to phishing or spam campaigns that leverage link farms to distribute malware or redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious intent or facilitate the download of additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a595ded2ddf---84302925957.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/kofasitekudesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b90ae7d67a---gixikazivusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7504dc21cc---92250170271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91628314502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5f1b26176---19034145715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc96ef0dff8aaf2f91ed698ed6f36824/ruzotawidurupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c82dabcbb6a3bea6d4b3b39d20d2d1ff/62240004089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunamowudogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atsrealtyvietnam.com/upload/files/35401973198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexunudegimomoregivagoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802e8de7e22---28144913530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lws-realestate.com/userfiles/files/28505448638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/jitukijukoluruledukufezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/babovunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/20989709112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827b72d1bdf---42209973805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7177ae1003b4d4006271072b00dbed3/rezevenuvitiwelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/21948464800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/tuxesiwewafigerenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1db4d6860b---74832882678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/jovusugixupatexoled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=como+funcionan+los+transistores+de+potenciaPDF 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_off00010052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10052 18192 bytes
SHA-256: c566eb8bb4d862ac6ab38add25b91d9a43b18273322cfd4661e9fe7db9cac928
font_01_sfnt_off00012ee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146FD 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 257d68bd96019bc4458c4550f10ead4f518fd51b740bca0d9c239d166eb6fe26

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