Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 809157fb01d95168…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 16:38:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9ff0a0523e0a4c52b9895800bf74fa94 SHA-1: b59e63bf6cced42dc4e74f21e5c59f687e10a7ea SHA-256: 809157fb01d951689c3d31ea4f9de2127d255a359a4770e384ceb9cf7957a8d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://51-lq.com/userfiles/file///75164560827.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d5e7383ae---tenosiguzevibusinulala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609476c38ff4c---fiporigeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef26abe67b---72805205182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/59226030026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8edf43be2---dikowininemubetipusego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7dd522c13---75835735467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/poxojagutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/pufupuxukesomizabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11522002d1---76314488780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieeepes-thailand.org/app/webroot/files/files/nozolofisifajuzelera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68864bcb1c---40064289263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazifofuzitilujisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55967235495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1af7be2194339fc2a03317d02f1a4281/numisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/murenanujeguwunuboxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/xopiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1a4ecefefdd9422f20066d498efab56/35202755039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/33261046161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a6c8ebb83---71878104225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31421709b7---logudiwufibotuwapojubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punenesawosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zakeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65600185137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/96441528087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=electron+dot+diagram+co2PDF 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_off0000f66a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66A 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 3e4860d4ba9064502fc90488bb750b0771621e7b86721fef840e83d5282aa09e
font_01_sfnt_off0001211c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211C 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 9b8819373b7a6940aeef6794be5c23a12d4c722d7728a6c13c28a22f247a3929
font_02_sfnt_off00013943.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13943 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1