Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f245f7df56841df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 22:14:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a537ac943cf032d9e8e4b03bf66b9790 SHA-1: 1466ad6f31bdf3ce9c257248cfb29f58685f8508 SHA-256: 1f245f7df56841df888f14fd7f062318f59e1337a2a3a327ad2686b8fc692cd9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites, increasing the likelihood of users being led to malicious content or further infection vectors. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/21205304743.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607749ad96694---kemuguse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d656a084e38---pivunorisawenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/getiwuxutedam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/24951399703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/redezavubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsln2avl45nmcnclebidm63qe1/keruxolemojagixezodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33f16bd719---33155288965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/82883940228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/retep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rpkftau53jrnrg0tj9knh4k6vb/88317282793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/nizusilabupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vate-tire.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b8adf585543b0d8a3152d2c70c84475/75033805149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e0cffbd921786e7ff4a2445bf208180/vofukujotigafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/pivurunasegizabupebevapur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derechosenred.org/aym_image/files/52862461856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8hptgrbjg0beek7aegdvc1sir/43547045344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/62875124728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/71483566034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojipulevonisudenavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114b1d93da50---75316852649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/37721742061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/89394943236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pure+in+heart+korean+drama+ep+1+eng+subPDF 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_off0000d166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD166 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 16d7038250d682176155ab0296f30e374dc4def62efddd5eec640f9c2b26e6dc
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001163d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1163D 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 6105cd1e5e31a3578d1782b9b8fb02e4953e6bda8fe6f792e6b12f34abf0a331