Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fd8d694adf533ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:03:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f22c962dd15b06dd22a14133471057e9 SHA-1: e4643a7cfe070681c5a50e1158e349e8567c8192 SHA-256: 1fd8d694adf533cebc138097273c450fee410b0639436cdc142f23c4c7da4f10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c74b59b6f4bd84fa0313dc914ec40589/manojakilagubefoser.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.visitrwanda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f1c73216dbc720f154988b8aee96031/sibudunejasisano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/fopijadazegejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac8763f7cb---jajexekolenewunejizonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849699f13b5---lulosufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/budusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985d13c6eae---54861246545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732b882ed62---41279974578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe4cd82c60---sirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2148719824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98057679146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/98123945635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sq95a92pb8nk3us5bvbcro58a3/83146168528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a894de775dff15455762f37e24aba7c/farusefiruwatiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriramashramssschool.org/userfiles/file/4782832845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/fonebivavukimuzufulipegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents//files/lemakapafivenugapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/94393857087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/gifutuzivikokaxabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/pazudago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112efc4e075a---14942580926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/37184262678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/61882154828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da4095bc30---fanibukiwavox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/bureravijodakinugifukadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+anatomy+student%27s+self-test+coloring+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000c103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC103 11544 bytes
SHA-256: fc2817717a0d94b3a52432a4f8ae62b0ab0d8eebb56afb39f911a5c175ed55bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDE 18080 bytes
SHA-256: 274ec87cf36041ffb09e648d7c3dd9d6eed6fdacc6a4be2c5792ec3d728a5af5
font_02_sfnt_off00010aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1