Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1abcf51e098261fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:42:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 41f9cce103eff34a0db34dc9a752ab77 SHA-1: f7477fd9c78b609a45db3633604007a33b8b80f9 SHA-256: 1abcf51e098261fc48b3d66bc2831e788f991acc5e53f5805deb3a9b000027a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to malicious sites, as suggested by the numerous unknown reputation URLs found within the document. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely for further payload delivery or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5aacu3l8nvr98io5ggq01920e/45037396900.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/zizukamazoduzajudopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.com/files/12791316464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/52524868450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fbee7edf0---93951352901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752893588dd---vajowibodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttocvjpv5qgra3h4b94uob8t5p/mirodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/81804750637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/piforarawipeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744e98001271418019c691739e139a49/wivepoxubilovupadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qrq0tn8s8l3g229dqi0q16c0f/50039842278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/memanavinoraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://er-trans.com/img/produkty/files/pimuziferegovaxirofejutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/bemezefofemeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/44886934361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcivan.com/admin/UserFiles/file/87472612515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/bekibanikiwima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/sekelozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/zenodiwezidemojixilewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/jitivojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/rujetususow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a848b705885---12561136476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23926368748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ri-rm.ru/userfiles/file/fixojawuxapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72e3fb9fea---56802324362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/file/xosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=penelitian+kacang+kedelai+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c9a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9A3 10500 bytes
SHA-256: f2737369998e3eb0a268a5bf2f0768015281c92e3f434b61ee55af51cf60c806
font_01_sfnt_off0000e165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE165 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f972.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF972 1860 bytes
SHA-256: 562d39cc93351683f3420870a5578826c1285db13c691c08f99be18f4980e560
font_03_sfnt_off00010224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10224 16660 bytes
SHA-256: d3ff9a1606a3af5576357d33eb54b34aa7d81e7b2c10048894809e43111ad5be