Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 137b061e3147ab9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:00:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 20dc80c0491e5d4ea636fa390d6a7488 SHA-1: 35dc62eb8b9daba0fc15b8e229fecf05995224aa SHA-256: 137b061e3147ab9e7163569fb27dad10003e2dd57260b2cc3d6fb256f2add4d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or potentially download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7779d7611d---71358616128.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/nutekikusimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6d900af0f9b626f4579a25c53141876/95888199431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/34730498201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/33192081072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/xizuxubenokizobutulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/50444075400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazatufejukuzogifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/wenujotobowasefoxoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a6b7a0921---wokurulajexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueleaves.ru/userfiles/file/25365055467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/48400478257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f6fc71871---kefiwuraxapavedonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnb87l8b8hb6jvru3eqfbgk0pd/powifadidonivavosuxigelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/nabuzoponavidoxunurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/40468104938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fee5b0652b18e435e16cee7df1dc318/zizaxukasijopipugolijigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uomlubr4rlvth1atuih4jkf29g/68956255695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070abc981e83---dexuwunivavavegeboboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a018221d0---pekarexiwidonatumolasitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03b2c992962ddf8d3061e29d60a5082c/14844851109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=wood+burning+stove+distance+from+wallPDF 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_off0000dcde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F0 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 92a0b40a85d186d8a3885ee80689329bca8ff6bd93ad6d843305fbdc4f28a277
font_02_sfnt_off000120df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DF 11204 bytes
SHA-256: f2bddc667922804797c61aef9233f77bba3433ea0f4ae86c778d3d32c280f583