Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fd69f117c5be03f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:52:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a86da7536cc23c969dd447a2eabe6d0f SHA-1: 5b562b3de67a1ae950f9d6a2cd372f3cb0b154ea SHA-256: 1fd69f117c5be03f1ef0d4e648b3da8f02924abb6967a9f21e0ab1c24673929a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially malicious or SEO-manipulated content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or further obfuscate the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/954krosd2ch1jhkbq3obo1fcgg/10459088471.pdf
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b50549b578---liwubeso.pdf
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/18049641135.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a35382381---mewux.pdf
    • http://michellesmithscott.com/clients/36670/File/bodanamoxabigebal.pdf
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/dagojoga.pdf
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/6963863203.pdf
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mk4bp6kl7vcjfh83k4svkm89jr/wofenodifozeremiz.pdf
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b0709deae---38973999584.pdf
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/74491898543.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af557ecb11d13422f849cd5479a0126b/vupadakemukugoxulanele.pdf
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/mokiwiwimigifugug.pdf
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/76023648618.pdf
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/betogofewazidazi.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c0a5017a4ecdd7139cfb009232014c0/11126171710.pdf
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/53514591406.pdf
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/guvezusirobezisetolu.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609274f636ad8---12586222444.pdf
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/popepe.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nifgmuk3efdr19n0j5mfhrcp7u/58857094756.pdf
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b35784a9888---kujekiwokikilevob.pdf
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ceccdfafc---14707403187.pdf
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagodiwomovarivel.pdf
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/10699858922.pdf
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/gakesabexom.pdf
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/38189771818.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kg3cnq99aft7ljlgra4it50be/fewukujaxe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=homestead+to+everglades+national+park
    • 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_off0000f544.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF544 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d56.bin
830aba8d9575fd6fd87044cfa8102fd905d84be58af236337d73e78241fca93f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D56 17636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013b4d.bin
4934bdebed6f94284187de93cbc3b8a39c351b434ffc368b1a288e63ca410c83
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B4D 10884 bytes