Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 653c608aeeb58bf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eb0be3ac17cfa3edde07f94e4e85a959 SHA-1: 292784581a5cb31f4a87c702cba9c17b3acca62e SHA-256: 653c608aeeb58bf4e5312d548bc6deb093804ac4378f77e4bcca0d25aab8df43
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. Heuristics indicate it is part of a link farm hosted on compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c1fc53f38---71103347654.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc1fb1a525---tezuxojibikonirifoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609523c9d7879---bijurinodikawuwizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/mumutokobezomazojobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0152b06a5---77473501312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607636d48e125---luwegujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50050817363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ca3921993---doxilamaxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d67875537a---lomoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/14066532287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/34747672065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruishikaishi.com/upload/content/files/2021/06/20210614050442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/86688384728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/709a69a9a5a2d131c5e7a7bca679d954/46753164671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021717730429577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607788ccd48c3---84378673281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd493fdc574---76331812064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clevio.biz/fckUpload/file/vovasabuwujisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac64d999dec---54427436553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/dafivexoxebumiwemuzozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8ooe7g1u35ig02ckbdoobpbi3/jisugupupamupinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1966.com/clients/1/10/1054c114374c88b4a165e91103565d41/File/78968462616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolauramoschini.it/userfiles/files/lezatopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=unilag+admission+list+pdf+2018PDF 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_off0000cfaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BC 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 0332233d31d97f743f0707617eb442c1b6e35342ee10d249aac791cb33fabdf0
font_02_sfnt_off00011706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11706 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 42399d540d7b92b97f7a73fbea7be045435c05bdf9abe5780816e2b99c18e482