Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 881fc11b8bc98844…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-06-16 16:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: a87933833f4ad94fef67e99b2c5eb14e SHA-1: 1ce9698ef13d2309d853bc9cd241cbb05e9e8c9f SHA-256: 881fc11b8bc98844885afcb1074faf2cb60c1d503c6a4354e9dd932318a8b9af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vijay+madisetti+iot PDF link annotation
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2efab40ec1---buwipodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852d0b2c516---94480203506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721d3956fea---67514687170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onlejrssu2goffg5dvn9fs0i2d/wigorizedomewajebude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k86l7vllqovqff0hjc6tceuat/15455070663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9aa3invfh1ketocbaud32hjri/28291917220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/patesebizuziluvipovakekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zofaperijuxegosobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/98455561950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa156476d17---serujonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/55248262540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/845434f1c8cba58b50ae54fff8f97bb8/53807312166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/35056995565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94f27dfcb03fd7d6a73ebfa7e9574f1e/25727651476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4bedb147bd---rexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/35205075370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i3m2vq19r7gsgq3o694rj5ch7/mawuwuzakareli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F5 4988 bytes
SHA-256: 0219a4a9cbef8ceb5d37e13d1b15eb9d5a6bb6bc30d0a6b53bbb3ae5a17a5fae
font_01_sfnt_off000102ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EC 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 685cb7bd3046689e2859827543a1201fd844a98e62997d2cc4d4bee8f8901dee