Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1041162bcef6d137…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:45:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6a5bb4ef643c57071fcfd460a1a219ea SHA-1: 1ad071ce1ae0f1119acb59b1f70139adf7224099 SHA-256: 1041162bcef6d137f103f74b46d62c528850e684b2a6f036ffaf46f57b29b230
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to obfuscate the malicious links or redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/327f1f225e8f4ad00af85ccf3e60ce7b/50652912052.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e0dcd79aa---64754427970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a48c27fcc05f168f4d6e87db8a889d97/26716368101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5afdbe58b---wobunogofanopumino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c23b27a07bc---pisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/fenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/66356262305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607588bb03c46---75673301350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/25164042813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedikebojejebirabupejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/130829771cc01267e99784e2fb007fd4/sefefavozusukopoxamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkn8crmcfk4g297f2i56gea3do/34344114263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd3b845bb19---lonapomesokiwenaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/95568591628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/78913493119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075687046cc3---vujubosamunukitabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b393a0efe35---68959747081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inks.bg/userfiles/file/63195764675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liepasmuiza.lv/userfiles/library/77469327347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fda20d7197---56642067983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/35570512277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/81253901133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91812267384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34d9562f0e---dezitufisobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f89c42e0506---gowatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=new+sketch+paintingPDF 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_off0000deaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEAA 18300 bytes
SHA-256: fc705ecad4bf774442a9e211542ff174801e3132e0543a89693b37bcf017c3de
font_01_sfnt_off00010d89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D89 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 461539be36e9ef390bcbec42634603aebd442f8c2b940e86d8f800936f2bdd34
font_02_sfnt_off000125a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1