Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11ff4f1aef5259a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 5964f626022164381b51492354141aea SHA-1: 5eecb42dc5780263654b47fe6b4c60167c11873d SHA-256: 11ff4f1aef5259a2b15fbcd473bf89fa447946c1f7fd647dfe0d7a2853ff77fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a distribution mechanism for phishing or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a13da8ffcf---peluxigaxedujisasav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a61aada3a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3d33c293ba---rabiwijozewowojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/bonomixiwuzubagukawinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a622c04fb4017ce061ba46adbf1a9304/60188088395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/gaxupazinopolomire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25564a050741eeef506847243aafc3c3/4025343093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dce021b8247---83224026326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/beduxisukanan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q31ue6944mnsv7g0d93gpddnii/kidivujudijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06d5168501---39996594462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608084f9d8887---labuvepodevidokezode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42659854676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999ea376f05---xesebobanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/86120972024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/xofekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/xiwexedelebitukotozurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9kmt6g16p5tjerv10gvg614se/mizixeperov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghnsk2jh93ee6v0cj6f8rqma56/43854668001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fadcf61b26---21510420059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/67423368418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendymamy.pl/userfiles/file/1300506722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/lenifijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6606583292e537b8a76e1ea460b87a79/kozorogutiriwifexowelofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a9646b3ea---61471567863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+matter+and+energyPDF 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_off0000e775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE775 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF8C 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 05f0c5e8154fe335cb42aae79bec9fb6c730b16bbb1e9273dc2e2d6bae579715
font_02_sfnt_off000118be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BE 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 8a33fa75f0319dd83efa5b7e8472105d5b38d06b8d44add1eddf5ba466e06d97