Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11873db326af4557…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-03 11:22:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 365935d909bec9959b217b5c1d999175 SHA-1: 6bebddc88994948b158bb32282791988517a25fc SHA-256: 11873db326af45576694c1b764ed12e99939b65ad04c5f1d1a86db31d2ca04fe
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. These links form a link farm, a common technique used in phishing or to distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

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://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/51430455251.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/770d6fc7b197160de1ed402ba24568f6/70246238180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/65165623773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb88ad152c---mutonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chpcentre.com/files/file/51325455804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3f55e5acba3efab5c0ccdedd72f179a/xatelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/tuzusiboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolphinsolutions.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8768702671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8167849982eb38a3d1b5c925169ecfad/juwajobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/43038291670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/80676336263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b17c8e8f56---wuloxetosaguzatizesite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/misinaxajini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47a12d511f---33125852022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d993812a50a0d3acdfb19b04e807ffb/simebixalamujoretovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/begiromuxofewekemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/vidigufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/20945708142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/97373606343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/timex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81tkoqjdra5l3auptq95j1tp3e/lalufakewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/xupinajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvhs1964.com/clients/2/20/2030ff4f331b14c2016b95997514b7ac/File/21289201847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+use+a+regular+sd+card+for+ps+vitaPDF 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_off0000f121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF121 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 0b2a9a680321ca720a430693dc5350cc9f53e1cff0aae275d1db136e7aa87f1c
font_01_sfnt_off00010b0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001231e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231E 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 8b7a01ea73326705e1f4c46fe04686bb533048d9599a728485f26f74cd359e12