Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 601cd9d894af9d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:12:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 83409d49100a565a401584b80161855c SHA-1: f041a3a3b6946964ee259b87de6efd9074c4880f SHA-256: 601cd9d894af9d5138eafdedd3d24c26ba57aeeecbe6ac94f08413be9f480e04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating redirects. Several heuristics indicate that the document links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ba795b51f---tovenemojotufob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073682299eba---56780731383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aba988bcef0018b00640f0972bb89754/xojijufoxikasarulosugilog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a749dcee96d---43786948705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7368da6ed3bc97c9d62b969d012dcddc/nivawoxebazuvupufimami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210717170140_c8dmrv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091edf5eafce---18539340203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/69242222329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e671565dc38---39030052795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e7577f2fc687ebd654e6e5b4b9827b/10049996464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/modogebemamegedatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9490707b2cb3ad30e29a0a0cd0942aea/tuzugusofaxole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/28108139825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xaxigizajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/37809817819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/80908963168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62dcf64eb6acaa9001082a020c56e18a/mapakerovewagegigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/sisebozuwuguvuxusetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5nogjrucp6pb60atlqts8b975/votiwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44483053698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g60cl0l34ad71ut779sedvhh80/zologusoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27445335798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeeing.com/userfiles/files/tuborironutavafufebeseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a455802a480---91277186464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhsclassof63.com/clients/c/c8/c8cc7cee7579ddcd469b669c0eb172d8/File/sutazowemixebaviwuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springgalleryng.com/Images_upload/files/zokefalubakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ipcc+audit+amendments+for+nov+2018+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_off00010392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10392 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ba9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA9 11356 bytes
SHA-256: 73fae15af1aeae418d77bbdefab5543dcec6dc52f326d20841d8a5afb94346fc
font_02_sfnt_off00013683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13683 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 49fea00b8246d5c4713da74df2220682f07056fa331296597491d1d5313432ea