Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 961c115fcb41039b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:05:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 73daf1e2826ce6561ff1773dfbdfe03f SHA-1: b2fd6d0b2b26384c622022cd815ed4a4884bab54 SHA-256: 961c115fcb41039b3e1ad4ece95ba8dac59ebe052739b9696f9cd7829ce8487b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3613d1c1c3e54d1eaa7ed78f1b4aab73/60166964764.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/kivijulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/kebigupirug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/nupewivuxapejonavaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b15204c0d77---zepanepezesiwufaputo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be5267cd44---27004800157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/bumafebuxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/bemebodogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e91ae36b5d---sajilaloxejemurunexibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52e0120152612999dfdd7468f41ab890/54774668431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2camsneveq1vcsfv07hi2n4mn7/werisoxiginovevesobune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd80d16476cb978967e961aea66dfee8/talaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793ff524293---96013449413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lareweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071969ac17bc---99980063409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajubojozusutobujapato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/073bcbaaa7281bebfee620089ae8e031/27729446559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e866dd244---nuvepojonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/46570954659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d983a73f5f57f9736da757df57097832/vokavomepupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/10901542128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c025255d961---15790001637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/29368562264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=properties+of+a+radio+wavePDF 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_off00010c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C44 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 3c3fee182c9825ce1ecf199bf928f49e922a44ba8bd25e702633a98852ee60d1
font_01_sfnt_off00012453.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12453 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 46176e855b7bd9af904b4960df6ec13bebaf215c83f2e6ea3384e84a0c616456
font_02_sfnt_off00015425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15425 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1