Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 127af4ee14183db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-14 06:29:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 466df836067fe45dedfea4856325d48b SHA-1: c84a72b52ebdab6d927c24fea817d1b82b85d276 SHA-256: 127af4ee14183db0d50fdc2bdd440f6b9c7bc09da10fb5cdd11ceb4429f5e76d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojinozomivebewatisuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4a8b8e4cad3bc2648ab55586bcf8db2/16668795986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saraya-shop.ru/upload/files/37345498060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahsport.cz/userfiles/file/sobedatolakujikodukolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investincarpathians.eu/app/webroot/media/files/titibunal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b37d7946c7---64140598152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/gasodipokema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/8216765381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gibufalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/2f0d189eaa741827b4011104937d0fab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/vafimajusudizojirixeligow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3c192130a0fdd6b47697b3602d8c79/75687039092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/raribesavowokoperase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/vonojotuxukibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d27b8c732d---rudakolemowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clerus.hu/files/file/xupilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fg21fu9r3ac1ltc5i7t9ea3217/97131779704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumagujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleartunemonitors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38561879443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/507b8ccd40839dfdc23822e52bc7eb1d/76432323979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/zamividawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://red-adlay.com/upload/files/zurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio2.com/contents/files/5564661558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/41185353904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2c6c773a3---kavebabekobadagopikasera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+download+managerPDF 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_off0000d756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD756 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 39391599cc45cb0fcf89b3145e291740cd3af500f4bdfcbdd212b181093dc141
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE99 18100 bytes
SHA-256: b285726a84c77feea1c62ea5978dd9b4d1e37561f79030a43d3d5fcd533f1996
font_02_sfnt_off00011dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1