Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dac81080291bf35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 18:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8c7fd09392f2dd9d5113cd0162ac1c33 SHA-1: a78e02357b748b6dbc20686e1fe819a1462e2818 SHA-256: 1dac81080291bf35504c8c2ebe14532e0553b7a42ba272a76258e854a2a2162d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a secondary payload. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document may be instructing the user to decrypt an archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a10a5e08ad---25884717973.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/pavonojutiridokake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26fee222e60778f1279e269e97bb7cd/migigezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/forodetuxilemuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/569767a0c63bb8f33721e0671ac0ebea/jajubifanubijudovufek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42756c637e---sefopudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desijenifokata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608695935acf2---26003191552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643519d328d062331db4c46edb9074c5/32429895283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ltfs9r6na76vbud74u6hvo9nm/nonuboluzavapugakoxujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/69413065536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/xemavofakuzifeludonagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semut73.com/contents//files/mezawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/goperedutotafowowagexoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c303a91f48b---36113839158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097443711cd12b01372cb0b80bbe2beb/58640768139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/56079242470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fcbf6540d---xemeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33914072ef---sakexepabanosileki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1d3433bb39870b9b1ed9322fbc93be1/56819630933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/32567713359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e1fdec08c---96310766434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/74367729275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+eat+apples+on+whole30PDF 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_off0000e78a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE78A 16320 bytes
SHA-256: 0dcfee8b6d2d2d0ff59a6477f4289c3cbe4594613395248f18dcd5f327d3c8e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD0 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 39a81a8ae7c4225c2f2af03c79011eacf96b6c713c724bd1e0e453da26b70e03
font_02_sfnt_off00012a31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14248 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 13ad1e933bbfa00ba54926e81669619f16542607ad652753f56379c7f66eb13c