Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d008f616a0f62aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:30:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 18d90f4888a765171a783b41acb2cb91 SHA-1: c5bd6d9feea9e6c8e683ac12b8bcca3cfb0d8bc0 SHA-256: 1d008f616a0f62aaa1511d72d1a44a5aa468045f0798f62a0557f07ec3069abb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack, likely for phishing or malware distribution, leveraging compromised infrastructure to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://kultmotor.hu/images/files/jifojalafozedasopi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837e1678fe7---vefebegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7aaa986318---kizazukalijuredoxogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076eb97c3f7a---59029926666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/bogewusika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16dfbe700f6fdc9a238d52f8e3b3396a/47450089265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7f73b62227f29aae7279ea32d5a1f4/zolowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd0a630951798604edfe0b67e5094d3/47172719341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/97432124795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/mobodiguxizomofegatewavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/nuwezivedena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/64950635685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161154c8a6f236---vufikazukawamevukedudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomnhenryanderson.com/clients/8/8a/8a1068334c160bb49438aafe8043afff/File/6772105365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/87443210600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/25141488746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd487c0df070cfa1e699a43931873810/88519666067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6123c8177a---45169987664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oacl5fagdjclc9lvcf2ube88ut/jazepemexivenimefokonita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/73720659500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adci.vn/data/upload/file/6482278886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee2a0d4b380101ac145048ee6b686570/69162825782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13013996003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euro-m.si/web/dokumenti/file/58388899402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62ee9d7b770e38ca343ca714601f2b8/81499724421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4b09edd372879d8652d0b85b745f0b/reverigirivonogegal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=chunking+in+educationPDF 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_off0000b9e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9E5 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 0f44c5c05767d1534d2d4c17ee682026f87c8b3f60606779e5976d166e231df8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B7 14856 bytes
SHA-256: 00703170868642ed1796d6fea1ad44eee60ed9ac3e57a0b3114a8cd343cab6af
font_02_sfnt_off0000f703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF703 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1