Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 701a810d72e3de15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

175.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 06:36:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 1f36026e5fcb081487dc7f440cecd223 SHA-1: 2bff4dfd6fa632a5fb1c88698138117f2a644b77 SHA-256: 701a810d72e3de155202a60d2a1ba8ac0c2c98f420a5f6f5ea375111076ba585
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. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these link farms. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9519

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://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b7c755b65---pitalabevilotamevupur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vigen12.com/userfiles/file/ripimofirigakumibesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/gugipowapurasuvot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagolovutelug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/rodeduditedekonekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steammining.com/userfiles/file/retelobunufepefakupasezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fab6be821---tedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/76146643319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/83883556892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac70f10461---nikifepuvakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b8984bc14---79913119471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pa28ti5m0frhmen55jcrcs0ce/xiviwodupajawiwefox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900dc54dd14---65606117487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b4e77ab7950a2641e8389e119a4fb74/28603605927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/zafajonufoxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607304473674a---76373407730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/bezinaxesevubotuzizadedus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h99v5v7d5srdn326o3hqcl5p5t/mewakawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zigzagontwerp.nl/sites/default/files/file/91557593226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/lilawipanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmic.ru/sadm_files/nudufigemagavekarugijuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b037b435882---roxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3479d08411250b34bffc715cd7d0a84/36917570562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///5475369196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f49d556a773973399feb1552b2503cab/tomovesijojedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=libro+de+matem%C3%A1ticas+tercer+grado+p%C3%A1gina+148PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00022845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22845 20124 bytes
SHA-256: 656588ac0a0d04ccee7ab56b2d93db7ca5f86fabddeca1b5974878ced13cb109
font_01_sfnt_off00025c86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25C86 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 1a7d5c6ba07e02e104512a098668081372ccd28ec4adfa964412716f328f199b
font_02_sfnt_off000276c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x276C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00028ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x28ED6 18220 bytes
SHA-256: c54045e32f058a00a73de352929a8ae86ea679cfa05d0c110be9c317704abc2a