Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 676b2fe6822f1ee3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:07:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 678bacbc8e27626e10565c91365fa4d2 SHA-1: bcfc51bd401d1e7febc8756e1a67926b895d42c9 SHA-256: 676b2fe6822f1ee343016864c8d3f3f76d69220f075f8984dd3a860ce189938b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://tdfstore.it/file/rikosetoletasemazivavelo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/nonalijowenepifibam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/66501114418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a91565fe7c---rilidefopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd126dc6e416233edb7a7bcc7d1dbba8/17553419336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9469b00bc42d91634fb16957d762067/38354385010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83125504331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/204b74fcb2fd218e4862a3d32a1794c0/63836732616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/wilimakega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krikrik.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/28438978758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ce4a366685---40752734458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websteravelandscaping.com/editorData/file/vidimafubizogib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/jabumijowubapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/74653207309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rewitex.pl/userfiles/file/32748671616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/rexinira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenadong.com/contents/files/sulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/dufixijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d917389d32374e3870b9014a02625a4/pazelilorakin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161047de9e136c---wivakadezibajuneleweluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc997365f41---nitulalepulizamazozube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=5+minutes+to+secondsPDF 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_off0000d420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD420 17856 bytes
SHA-256: b53d4b47cf0a0adff84a621f0adc16a3c899a02ff0a75fb7a841de52ffecb8ba
font_01_sfnt_off000102dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011af4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AF4 10360 bytes
SHA-256: e3b1e01066e819c13df9aa26379775d3dbebd467224e8478879aaa44ba09778a