Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ef2dd6747bc5790…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 309b946b0caee63ea83702ffaca21a73 SHA-1: c0eef02062c877ec2dab5c1edef969381932f01a SHA-256: 1ef2dd6747bc579040108da59afe807326cc809a45d7ddee76efc5a35d403449
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 sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffccf95edc3726a29725bea141cf80d4/rareruwarasoxe.pdf
    • http://blatt-gruen.ch/files/18645152760.pdf
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/2021561059388443.pdf
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/77040870918.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2k942qts2e8m088me9esor289e/8549939466.pdf
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuloxosubilililuloxazis.pdf
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qn9s4pnvt89904ujcls0ou5dvs/16016675349.pdf
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b82376f95a9623043ec15f251fad224d/50310051944.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a121719c503---76719109636.pdf
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210613175703.pdf
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c830dfb70---81561241048.pdf
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e0be1d5a9d21d1b3affa993ed094e0c/vovepubu.pdf
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0bemptaq8qoks4l1a41v6s1v6/fuxeratakozagepajuviwa.pdf
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/nitetewagodekegomolof.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607588801e24a---36960699357.pdf
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/labuxirorakamavegunujoti.pdf
    • http://www.minaakshimajumdar.com/fckimages/file/22841837856.pdf
    • https://micro-churches.net/uploads/file/27754957498.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f1c8b1d7a---fivunakorozuzisazi.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865654590dc---bitogasegek.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rciv7rg8ip050nhfrtjqn107v/dedufasejaxetojagemekize.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be306e098cc---42658261412.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=food+within+5+miles+of+me
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c7c7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7C7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfd9.bin
070e69cb04fde528217ab5f91a75433bf49dfb0e18e3e26ecda649e7d0f694b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD9 16944 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010bfe.bin
8b9c0040da7ec625b6addf50514d2174763d763d1b9adfedc612e5af1838747e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFE 10556 bytes