Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1683f2cb9b494c3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 05:20:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 433162df50df423d375e182b56a5ecfb SHA-1: cdc71ace97289ea9dac31d9d1bea99465be2092f SHA-256: 1683f2cb9b494c3b67951ddfdc852930c7cec8a5f052295ec4d1d21001858558
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. The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/83552188535.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f071aac28f10e99c80f6f286a312f81/dafufadepenejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60654609959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/4789668577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161030626e2e13---86739487497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cbe244013---18132727143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/94292346383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.org/contents//files/futuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04684aa7ad---28863129569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.texaco.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powikolimubeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782a7c6867f---puwiwuvajuzasamokonovipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/95509003456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/12479787440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/27606663477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/coetcplqdd00el2d5mffampuuv/gesutelurifixerabakasete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/pukuzeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/69321520948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inrpbsgkvog0jbjc2jb28llnq9/13560797319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2fdfbb87aa---3093708819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f231119430aaaa6adbb5908b2414f70d/wujemoxoxemasasubemomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43616766958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82o5ee6d6hk2f7gpp9ta2tcla5/79901756636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/84078160085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=free+study+material+for+cpc+examPDF 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_off0000f18d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18D 16564 bytes
SHA-256: 39ff4d2819878bb99bf838c678e29ceb3bbbf53d75b458c60288975a2d161b58
font_01_sfnt_off00011c5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5F 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 280ef3703831ba22f76a2dc4f5ba0d2f28b5bafc90ec19c90094bb4293b262e9
font_02_sfnt_off000135ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1