Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 256fe7788c74c839…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:10:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9cf09db8d2d878527b6fcb57d603c2b7 SHA-1: 88efda9629b442684eb660bb6b32cd589d224314 SHA-256: 256fe7788c74c839965549f17b34302d74c2f7f92447cbe8ac4f1e77736a74e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. These links are presented in a link farm format, suggesting an attempt to drive traffic for malicious purposes. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lcd+display+20x4+datasheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161050ad9823f8---2217040378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e742a9d48---lojesitowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88050865614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasetuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titadoorbinhduong.com/upload/files/7434431232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608975969d586---rijijavepebonebotitedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/penifulowolusuviworufavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05e6eb6833ed1ab7adec55445b174e36/44246380208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078332876af8---3541209954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/21107657222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/45712471054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojozutuzuxidajopoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65f11993a7---bumumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/bukobadikewomorefubupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generale-bureautique.fr/gdb/files/file/wukubomelejipixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mijf067prurkt32gjsg6u92oa/76069875388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travellifeafrica.com/ci/userfiles/files/73185339153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/kuwiterusifudekuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/vakexopomatodifewizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/94296536751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1ffldjvbha8e71uqm2inrlc04/11480877724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9ede14fc7---57655529886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5446cef9158ba97440c852295422209/vavaferijafomevitaduwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowiik.pl/userfiles/file/zarutulogekenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28788553db---fuxawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/vasalibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonujudubi.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_off0000dc56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC56 18136 bytes
SHA-256: 4742a4f5c652bb7188f73a78f03a300af7de38c2c169f698b855aa26a1a35e18
font_01_sfnt_off00010b78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B78 10884 bytes
SHA-256: df6bc8e2ed2f43cfe9df985c5b329c50b226f140e765d24843d05cd210664487
font_02_sfnt_off000124ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1