Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 901797fb26eeb6d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:16:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 245551d730ae5eba4ca24bbc458697cb SHA-1: 3ed05c0ccca0c2f72cb16d6b652beaff057c6ba6 SHA-256: 901797fb26eeb6d126143cac33b421212dcff2fa3c0f7c42b75125c78fb77130
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to exploit vulnerabilities or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613195068a005---kuvovusek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/69241739053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/robipivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372e3b74c85---wavilokuzuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35470767723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/wapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloodfaces.de/attachment/file/loxojaruxokifiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclubbiz.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/savopawivofinokixanige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/74499741482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/xojonodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/masixinunadiwererifixuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ressourcengarten.de/azubi/userfiles/files/serixuzunevojixumukovobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/ruvalisavanalej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/jotalogutunisixufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7072ad82c---tugulijerogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergepkolcsonzo.hu/userfiles/file/rodoxosibibukowabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/10606735424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagticket.com/fck_upload/file/kejizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativenursery.net/home/creative/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96786332260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210913125605587424s9kktg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitperu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95818519031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/57991758539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smshealthcareservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevamirejubuzixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=android+mail+clientPDF 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_off0000daf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF7 17616 bytes
SHA-256: ccb16c5c9fba2481cefa0f96736fe6150907b6d35724417b7fb00ad04d16cb18
font_01_sfnt_off000108ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AD 10344 bytes
SHA-256: ae87237670e2b45d20292214f0787c6b1871b5267495935de5fe8ec614ed4ad9
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1