Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 912fe8ece7c10688…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 18:13:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c2371b8f0b0acaf310299baaf23cbf8f SHA-1: 1342dd51d475337e3d9068ba8edff85ff1a3e520 SHA-256: 912fe8ece7c1068870fa035dfcad2e10b064ce65e849cff218baf5d11c9a5b07
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These findings, combined with ClamAV's detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggest a phishing or malicious content delivery attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/58648686329.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a116f40edf---niwulonova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607475e219170---98651263262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf100505600---vigogibira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d6666275e0dc853c9eb60f72e9bf034/lixazotekepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/699f3adccee47ca5e633e0f28cdcaf12/12247152857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e871f8b9eb---47188461820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents//files/69096091145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631329db920dad809d74a8a61b8d1738/61332299733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3727b70ff1---13896447183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/62311328351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57ddd05a4c155f53cf09bcd93f8a47ff/63164215944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3def615a2f---ruvejejidovapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67286354101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/6013434539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/bisufeginaguxipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90267106108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724e73456ab---77910647262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608431525bce6---93810367235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/xokagutezunijilimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/31726676293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f75e54ce7300d5e9f619ac32ff450fb/ritik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085be02705b9---1884442529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3r7376ioleh9hrlvs8o62eu3o2/36964086203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/30900920099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/batetabobipofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=obs+software+for+live+streamingPDF 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_off0000fd0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001151e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151E 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 9ebaa7f928da31b2ad01a519aaf001353b3eb6ca5c75720abdd25319fac59b61
font_02_sfnt_off0001420d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1420D 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 082a0ae0770501273f78bef0da93d7888cddeb73dcbf2e80a3b3f8a82a087752