Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1157669ecea06b18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-26 19:56:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2241ade1f8ec92e531e2758290259664 SHA-1: 3e1b3ad61732cdc8bf5391447e3c43f8fc3343c4 SHA-256: 1157669ecea06b18289b561e422a376a35c73577712aea46764255f13a81b2d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d509fe3caa3efe177ff8e907fabc89b/dixalotopobemadalizutu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28c2999fb515817403b5dd819964613f/vudivitanazupoxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210623174450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210627230511361544n0xsx2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/94751224623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/92041132563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/teralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c5012hq1uj6its6au9v8lds5/xumilediju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b97819aefdb616f17c4e9f59c5f9ee8d/73163708877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/xejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/40297445990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d3fc324b5---watafigigepilafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9inrr54loft8rincede5t5tb73/nagepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gccfmn3a9aej81b30h3p4kjfvf/barekafegukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thucphamtruongxanh.com/Upload/files/50482489784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/wubasezivipini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u9fhlqdr3fhvgco6b9f5m0ep0/44069454174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/95410774085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07079306f9d40bd6aae10ac03caa6d8/pidototonugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/nenixelokopetadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/16822072474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mtj32bpom3so8po6281usjp5k/nusewunorudezikemunili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/voxeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833bc78b885---50014774281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhk9qq44opnimjep7h91af3ig1/nawejirivadurubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=vertical+diet+3.0+pdf+redditPDF 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_off0000f729.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF729 10552 bytes
SHA-256: b18e9a0a7c46adebe1c826da415a163a306f9476561315b88b97dc6c2d468a57
font_01_sfnt_off00010f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F5B 18504 bytes
SHA-256: 486d776270dd11c8307dbfd2cb4fb19595497f2b575b4aa08a69207039d73a32
font_02_sfnt_off00013eac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1