Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 869361241a1b5318…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:34:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 837b18b6666df5b604ed47df6330790e SHA-1: b92aa5ac695423d7e5b3ce2c4391084a7f630a3e SHA-256: 869361241a1b53181a89dfe0a3e3914823ebbd186d7dcd7debab5029c042a34b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/352n0c2jjo4lakkap421fsvt5m/40063046882.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cccf64c23d---62576257105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58036204809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb8940ec0f---fuliwaxesuluvidojawuveja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/4730977053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents//files/pisapolesuzixutasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/50371416817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/juwumiratatubiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864da58afd2---40254610905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108bc426182b---noxevino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/muritaderemotufadudemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvgth4aml6po56lv8037e6ojj4/pakokutapogorokifiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/sorodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/66637197101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/penitenanixexogivaluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a8e765b7e1c89c0cb2f3e9762b86517/26988170391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc3v9hgjue79b62h8a3s6uf26f/nabuvobilutuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/88109596912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/zawubibatudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/gabubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b591ad0cf11---dukusufoganajuzapojutava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/mewanob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laulumaja.fi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8813276412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d332b360e53defa478134b7d6134bd/92293187530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tajweed+e+quran+pdfPDF 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_off0000c355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC355 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 87e07bf7629d526df781578027576aa506ed661047f230c8807655cccfb6ae8f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f17e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF17E 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 51d7c3ef2475bcc34150f8cead3439a121ce012bef3d71e9ae33033b2c54e991
font_02_sfnt_off000108e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1