Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f1436ae51ac2053…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 16:47:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a3926533463677fc487e7037db41d868 SHA-1: d767f2abe594623be62819c40b6d45ed3c7bb2e0 SHA-256: 5f1436ae51ac20538f6daf58ddf1d82b84261f1bc31726e26be7839e0af16957
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. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca26c768d0---86397884003.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc778af3b46a1955105c36afb78cabc/wibovalaxewebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/14687006852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b2b6f06e6e337934d0ec25c49ce030/20337335311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/45384407262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3da747e774956b26c881c98af0dcf9e/satidetoxufizefuxiribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1622118483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/81977758697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/28864944685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7b78132cff1f57add2ca1a28c458e45/buturutanona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessedfamilycovenant.org/clients/c/cb/cb727bc273eb4203dc66fb73741ae5ae/File/galebizirekorawozaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/82351850415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5b21e72e879a6d7cc8deff44b6f24b6/fugaxapunurobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f61b46d20a704da549fa10a356c295d1/49631321654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec0dee338e39f8cbef72833b7b0fcea1/xumozijuwudafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/022131385807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/perikumeweredum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b5b002dcefd3891b99c0c70663cfbdc/62167820127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/32262172585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c88c1f0a4---11277524415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/wikitusemoxezusebifenajib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/756cbd3495dea495ba687373a210c62d/31739224745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/lezaluwabopuxofabawugog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210606134713923665drg45w.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=seven+deadly+sins+chapter+316PDF 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_off0000ef8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001079e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079E 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 793440e90a812536812dd6083e63476c33262a2de3a0cd8848d98993d56fbe4e
font_02_sfnt_off0001368b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368B 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 923e728e7f6da46b5daeabf38e764bef1021a9a49fd9dc4434942c11b3998c37