Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10d4eec1b0bb3041…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:55:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c2fca6968931d6da1a41439e03687555 SHA-1: 37765a7624046d55b976e03a49d601742a2c376c SHA-256: 10d4eec1b0bb304157ad0d9e05a191866955e9d08b27fdbb3eb6f5615b013c03
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript stream further indicates potential malicious activity, likely to facilitate the redirection or payload delivery. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbd3e18866---73000684405.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/sulovulefuluwawivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcbe785c6e---lemajolixidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/58648686329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6164c139e---gedogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/subadibadawugemapinipewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/peradulujugefipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/pilulumefupijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c31915eebc3d4cd439fece5ff9bac734/wowagumuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zensushidanapoint.com/uploads/files/52601911667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/827725ce5d0b9f4e4478e414bc68ebec/mubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raiders71.com/clients/4/41/4134020f2f298c111575624a380fabfc/File/puvufadukaguselaretagebam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bda336e4eba65cf608352ace3be9b9b/66683242938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ea3522823---88371192428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralteplostroy.ru/content/file/55758105482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/12675743180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/remipojosasaruvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dereformasenalicante.com/archivos/files/38931746901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushipickup.com/uploads/files/58644105277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/jawegovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b63c347ae5beaa85e1dd7f9df1bef61/sixesetelutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/rexabukubogobowufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcuddm8b907qitflvsu7lkj6d3/bakaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/37734422475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/berakigufibaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b169cb77bbf---86233037644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=atkins+thermodynamics+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_off0000ceea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE701 11024 bytes
SHA-256: d356be2c01c41c2255b3eda54fd5b3ac6a229e02e77548649221c7ca9fbb5d16
font_02_sfnt_off00010082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10082 17408 bytes
SHA-256: be0ce7969ea4763ac4d34c3f5a7b8831fe400c2e4c6e6af612a52a5b957f7db0