Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1df30d26cd0c880a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:47:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8c38d3b78800ab3a6e7c13b2c05e1f9a SHA-1: f3f815b04b7a7bf04edc048233b94f220a0f09a4 SHA-256: 1df30d26cd0c880aa35cda1d1178557cd0111d72529e1d6a46859187b4967c1c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this document is part of a link farm designed to distribute malware or phish users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or further redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47e1ed365978a57fba82537049fc7aab/vuwadurawilaze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/gigipuwepiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6916c6c28457a31011e01007d335f58/27038504794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-property.pl/userfiles/file/butijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralcogtc.com/uploads/file/vadagaratipupujadita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1tt8eolo1sls4o894jc43oiq53/zunegojugegixalixawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63334683757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ff576da20---welifizexebusujiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1feccb832e---beperutomonosibive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/tasuwilakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misbahelmudii.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74541158384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poojaindiangrill.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/luxevugezawejesubujijefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/59168281906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/24168680897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de245222fd0---fixujedobuxupene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/58376646128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/jupuwutowozesaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/tuzadugolunopelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10275576124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ceed757c39a---37063757179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2aa00cea64---16228340410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e9b66b6c6---99792664249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829f035d7ff---jaxame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27409e7182a5b5ad53a0e5d3ee98aaa/ripazevirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161158351c634b---61699986357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=notice+period+format+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFDC 20136 bytes
SHA-256: ee65f69bf4aff0dcc740623da5c8c56095bae96ff341b0580da4c1be72935dff
font_02_sfnt_off00013289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13289 10440 bytes
SHA-256: f4658ab28d235f28837883111b36cde022247ea3e7c64db187e3930cdaa3bd60