Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11366473476e62a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 07:54:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: bad9fe3f3f41a43637fa71e46cba33fb SHA-1: fae896d866b1764def3a0b869981adc56f602bc0 SHA-256: 11366473476e62a370e63994d688ed997d2e3a27ad3678524889d5f6f90edb00
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicates a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate malicious actions, such as redirecting the user to a malicious site or downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb0fe4cbbe36f4285e726a994725c988/25634190973.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb1d3aae07---wuwosixibofakopusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738f0d4c399---19234591377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00bfc064752e9b830927c2c0a28d33ac/77923821536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6a30e85bd---tupuguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a55b8e85a2---84908919470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/mejosudamamilemevasepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62348195623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c73356e4fb---lumowuxafinosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2o86ht7v8fb0p90r6qo61qfqa4/95976233280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/94639994057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/pukupumoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f230662dcd---xisafuxotobizasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/fimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98f3b722ddb713e106ba56b05249f8c7/gufifupegajiripa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703cc9f04dd---5654356300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825043115d5---dopakiberotakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easttbirds88.com/clients/d/d7/d767393c090093bf18db16876c07b5c3/File/41114617853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6ae33c799---zotokelivele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ba7fe98d0---kipiwokegevodawusak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec519c8c595---gukidisaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea766c2683---78917113959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ae380ebd24a767dfc5e746c3833e94/72458245133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+strongest+breath+style+in+demon+slayerPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f6ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AB 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 4d4bc1da25cd38c6ace858b47684b5bd181849f339335c7530805ce20734c5cc
font_01_sfnt_off000122f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F7 16172 bytes
SHA-256: 8214b55e030c3cb37d727e4c02e4f9fe3cb7b8fc3885df20e34cb8ea79a6e3ab
font_02_sfnt_off00013891.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13891 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000150a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150A8 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 4f99a006b8365328b30cdfdee32a2a2a7f00e40d50b0609711f072fb873faf63
font_04_sfnt_off0001699e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1699E 2676 bytes
SHA-256: 58a5a86e6bc9c4b19ae3f06b919d51f4936bdbde84b2b1c6ba3e76470e0bdde2