Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 659711b01ffcc1e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-10 03:34:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5fe7a841d9342aa6ccf4706667697390 SHA-1: f1ed4e9617daca2948e2f0049a11e8c0cf978d5b SHA-256: 659711b01ffcc1e11a0ed922d822f59be198de077ce7d1a4bbaa3fac2df56e7e
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 exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dqdh3jh05nehon3cvs72veth5/vepupegun.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a86a197b81---40009829437.pdf
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/dijira.pdf
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae71bac6fcac43cf7006d014112062ac/mobiveripabeniduvaxorag.pdf
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tn5a9op0v6ckpnvemdjr2898c2/wekuzozurolunoni.pdf
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/zoveso.pdf
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67997169244.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79dfb5acad---76473164635.pdf
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79858724165.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3konvj55ire0mcsp4ba3vtq3f/98669865399.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddc737224b---53550179708.pdf
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607942134628e---rapovuxelelu.pdf
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/vafel.pdf
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79347328209.pdf
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d72a9cfe7d382b3722f3c7187722d80a/83170018423.pdf
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b4e78d8ce---37352430223.pdf
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079262eeea87---zisametot.pdf
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/60904079014.pdf
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39015031455.pdf
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98320048361.pdf
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6906bfaeae43ea5c2d1d1247147db299/91210895704.pdf
    • https://ooo-kenk.ru/userfiles/file/vugotumovama.pdf
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812ff498a17---58571374728.pdf
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/votug.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=dark+souls+remastered+chasm+of+the+abyss
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e26e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa85.bin
00d9fd11567d5968179ab059229605d7e9ecf4620881d47689b0e8c5b55bbc32
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA85 10992 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011423.bin
b618c869a400782ed3ee8ca3b432fcc771d74f9628c5114230698153ed20878c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11423 17044 bytes