Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 708f8772a792ab52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 14:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: fdbbc8455213945d3fbb5335489548ba SHA-1: 7d7121bd1a11c1f7b1045422a1965d84c612e6ef SHA-256: 708f8772a792ab523c7d00075dc3f6abeca9eb5285e91b0c36fe73087e1ab35a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, such as phishing pages or further malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/20879916683.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinners-party.de/media/file/wudiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adffec6e4d1---7676348574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ua0veh5qtb4ot5tpdiir8385e4/bozamiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cd883e8d6---74432035834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c608a61bf8---basidunusunodewuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f033204c39c42a6b5c6c061e9782029/razigoririje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjbiotech.cn/upload/files/4540929548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brakos.it/file/13626994113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmeticdermatologymiamibeach.com/uploads/data/files/45966899451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm9p7ttrj1bsfs00uq3tg92n33/lubapagifufusabebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pb-book.com/user_file/file/80331964881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/70719396019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/85878111707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/dubakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd63f7b5745---84512973638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a585ca16c6---54753164433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa137obe482mt4kmqcqd4hp315/58780431140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b65fbe140caeb0627317f80f295580d/63372655771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46182321941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7548bea54---54338070836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce0c9fb76551815b43ddc69d278ff8b/votuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe06c38564b42e884b588cf0cc0ac2a/gitixulolipinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=latest+ielts+listening+test+2021+with+answersPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee345fddba8---89291286344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000116a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012eb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB5 16476 bytes
SHA-256: 55dd1612aa14c06779a477d7e6bed531ee7a03c19d2c82599ab5ce5b7cb64c44
font_02_sfnt_off00014559.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14559 10604 bytes
SHA-256: fc73de260dbc8db00bc2b907abc44b6b9b6be01a195602b2bb0e70111b8c0df0
font_03_sfnt_off00015da9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DA9 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 8e96a138af0d2d6f37eec32a8c6ef7705ca66745174acfb3d96dd2d0e1156303