Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f890517ec91cf73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-29 00:09:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b47bbf771cf7eb2181e3ecef9b0cd94e SHA-1: f9dc7916aea45beca0149c39ddbe657232cf8d57 SHA-256: 1f890517ec91cf7360458b8f115c41824ff157e9a779d1c97b9692e23c1de5fc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, including a WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+4+psp+rom+download PDF link annotation
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/90195209975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/1970961069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161537aef88d44---96375595034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-winstal.pl/userfiles/file/15394669031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/pogozudufilinobigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasudaihocsupham.com/Images_upload/files/33046350148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podarox.ru/public/files/16855981201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/jilofenuwapimobemejujinal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/zudav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantalentjunction.com/milan/media/gokupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glttek.com/userfiles/file/56698934641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/vifuvelije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/demurirujodajebuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rails-bg.com/fckeditorfiles/file/16959778291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload/2021/09files/210927180316026275rgigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupelamiri.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/14271099874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/975f4aa6f62e34edae3356566a02d5c4/fuwetezuzamimaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamishehbaharcarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/vosefozizekazesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/71111846690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78892532093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/pejodaxeserutimovawowiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.com/images/upload/files/viteligetulesaxigesojiwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/32971023405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9435d131a9da4411d0a6ce9b156eea96/45337252216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrehabourhome.com/userfiles/files/gadepowipazasixovijebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaelen.it/userfiles/files/putotoxazegevere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boletos.luzservicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobenavazuwezitit.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_off0000b284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB284 15064 bytes
SHA-256: 81caf23033130ce8ef18f82ba5fa4e683f29ae8a365ce94c69f8a9dee71e7548
font_01_sfnt_off0000d884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD884 10532 bytes
SHA-256: a0b630ef28ca222692ebe18c3d71b532a490e3b31d51732cdb23f755c60a1fa3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f09e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1