Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d030d7ccea39982…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 16:16:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 01a6287ab88b2e70410933be3e339d3b SHA-1: 76bf29bc5706b068af45d9bd2e25f136d62fa44e SHA-256: 1d030d7ccea3998206e93024e8ed1d1702ffc269a50885b12c4dd2c64abddf67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggests an attempt to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/69976513759.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents//files/96935246327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/rugezixopasopolugaxabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210725125944_1932935308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160959695cfe35---jasofidedemuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c73479f2999---31687350546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/67088283775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98a38a24c2---rejabuwalaveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210707043115_dsee3y.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/dovajexezujesevujujowonib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/rulusobemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4907c7c13af71aaedaead1c4fca072e/42919737255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5dc2b3f2b---xowipabejoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097669bcaf77---49087915722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/63580932226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d029f31fbd4---32565327232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ab16c9487---75879168673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/lerulomisofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozazoxonevopaxifajow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f355ac70f8---zefelirenadesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k64l83timgi4uc3bfs2cvl6b56/58101150748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/talivibuzifivebitovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=titanic+pelicula+completa+leonardo+dicaprio+youtubePDF 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_off0000e8e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F2 18520 bytes
SHA-256: d73ac371e80c3fef937768376af512044dee9794b41859f81a0d861acb57f953
font_02_sfnt_off00013025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13025 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 547449d814124eebfa50d165eff8a2a7f0804cb911ac7d6486337fa8edfc47ed