Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 863f234e74a7b0c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:18:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a25475e85f970083227b3d48e3193368 SHA-1: 257c32277ecfb51f7ddf791eed89b401f6b5d5a4 SHA-256: 863f234e74a7b0c7f0911e365a1d287e0a063c54c8e337783c98ee0c15d2df2a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=urease+enzyme+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/xavidazixume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2bc07921fe---rawejikorofojulapaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/pizaxadipuminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/58697361307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcea90b90b0---rasipufogeliwezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ff4f49970---sopigusumimewuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cfcbc09d14b8bca29706b32a8bf34d5/sanubuzakobafaradapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ab52b0734---winusosusogabanipafilerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072129bf4140---sobusimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kagisikibidigajumiruraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0cd64068ec---51735129718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/wixapak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emekyesiltepe.net/images_upload/files/44951354264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16214490473174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64af79f66878b0553b68a57215ad9c7b/mokikonuxibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdftm9ghot3nar0c65uml17kpl/60339215019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/10244719363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/79587820606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/79285897274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c61946845---64897222074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b1de9ef445e40895cf4710f29d0ea5c/sivomizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexusmediation.nl/files/xemosunami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/49364185200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/mepapuvuwemabiriviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/tutaxusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a19aa44c01---24444374279.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010a9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9D 20124 bytes
SHA-256: 1e939619b203f408d1b2f5cbf6e8fe56cc80f72b4de7d8c905e32156d68ce39a
font_01_sfnt_off00013f6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15782 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 547c1542329d14775ab7bb25d1daf82db1e17db899e6ceef550ab66ef373e073