Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1df7d5f1fba0bb82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:34:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d6514079b568d466a25a409b92663e83 SHA-1: bf5ba040fa1b2af8c85918f2c4ecb23fc96db125 SHA-256: 1df7d5f1fba0bb82e5476d5166437fd4116702fa51301008a30f5b62bbbee01d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to other malicious PDF files, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thomas+gray+elegy+written+in+a+country+churchyard+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/23342367158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aexpress.lv/index/images/up/file/fuwinurukoxodisixerovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705fe2b5e8e---14865583168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sporyolu.com/resimler/files/75143994433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/zobidetukabetarapudefuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejuvurevuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210715_5D4AA20C065749FC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wordtmann.beckbauer.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9381393078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/somenupubixomarewigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/49445696416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32592341923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7215146073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cae8bfd6db438979e61de453c45903c/66602133955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80c36a83982faaa2164bf94d247c2931/xusigijubasilomukapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/91534398894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs71.com/clients/c/c9/c97ff408e01126d63256cf68004d6641/File/vewutedovufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/96820917957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c10e62a6c84c8cb0d510b257927110/81215667765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujobubejerosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/logoditatomuvibofiwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c2c059dc80b9c371e06fd19f29ceac2/poreguwifutud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51228238826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fe5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11670 18860 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd38718bc3dc9af7da777d7e28927972eec09f160fa6a1f7d2da0fb03bb7bc2
font_02_sfnt_off00014702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14702 11332 bytes
SHA-256: cc2483621912306913ec8218a4f8ba5115af430c24195bc479fc39908e96ffbd