Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fd32fb5e67530a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:25:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fc3c96f7b36a67e80a215f99a8cd85ba SHA-1: 3402830999d3b4ed05ebb95103b6477d048ee671 SHA-256: 1fd32fb5e67530a10f55d10e605ad7a77aac410366c36baa10d5bd27eeeb31c6
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 external URLs hosted on what appear to be compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a lure for phishing or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608359e31c398---lopuzafopor.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29356a566de2a873a078889fd61aed8c/rojalemukusevibomowunagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazerangroup.com/uploader/file/99813569775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f689b328eabbf52e97632f87bb416be6/9223088012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/febibisetokipikedagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ba44272fe---tipeviduxalonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/52623189249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rt3on82uscblni2m71n462fplm/48127108987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01cc544c86c233751ebef0e9eb064c3/68585728795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukegepesil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/zifisebikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/72617906512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761bb28b6c6a88568c39fb0d695d25ea/34201778044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/fitebidupozulobabog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210710_53F9D36C0D913444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094888926fa5---13764638365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvefamigazoxiwibudele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714123239503631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/38094088467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/89967288440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/ckupload/files/36762665115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch.hu/userfiles/files/modepulugejotepegefetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gekon.net/userfiles/file/26906053982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/7364975207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=notional+meaning+in+malayalamPDF 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_off0000c5b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC7 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 1c593a397803ca00fcfd64c1b413d0831776b7477b66cd0fb6973dc3b4f8ebbf
font_02_sfnt_off00011067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11067 10272 bytes
SHA-256: fd0b2ed746178df397447735a4cbb07c9d0a6b43dcac248b77d69ba2d0813054