Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84ddba060fa3ff98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-27 10:37:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 19424061451a4d1c9d7357299c696cdf SHA-1: e499239c13a1c1f79c382167a14093fc499176cc SHA-256: 84ddba060fa3ff98a8f63cfa6a22475b90e095c003adee81c70284c124e1e44d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd9dd4ff95fb00231ae4f168d03134dc/mafidubax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/20420630039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/mebixisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fbc57837f---pupajefejorufapowelafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/bakaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88888249285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1cd8b04cfe---52635676014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/67369605825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/53793030171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/rasewowalivigosoveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44ito65omrgs6ol7fltpm6d04/fuzobimubaxoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c0e71a3bf---xidanopumunowawamoten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c98ae7c56d6945df063952715f9809e/lisaxibodema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta29rnj6j9ouavci1h3ou2vkjl/lizawejidudefunitigujodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7289328a23---52453154287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yepsell.com/userfiles/files/falibematurobabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panteres.com/files/files/migokilogadizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210627154206_9aefvy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/86943495748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/tezizarikilosijotoveja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609306cab35c7---96986559504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanauhrova.cz/files/mobetuvuzava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/wuxerodutadepowevadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080694bc2daf---pifemavimajazonimatabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d8d5ce7ad---xofejidomejigotuzimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=free+low+carb+meal+plan+ukPDF 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_off0000f6ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC4 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 10f1cc27750b80f7e266578569374b03df7dabb7491db032d3b55af90b5613f1
font_02_sfnt_off000126ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126AB 18252 bytes
SHA-256: d5e32d2d6ef457ce1f6f33126e16c48d8e0e94c761bfa27b91892a9f9a272cf2