Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abf37491e1bebcec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:10:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d713a93043ecb333cab5c3cd6a1a2461 SHA-1: 898d72da9d480c09c5fc312e6379397d2cb02f12 SHA-256: abf37491e1bebcec175a874e2d831b2e2803ee802c2ecdd20441bc3809f17b10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, including one identified as a compromised WordPress upload storage, further indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports these findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/83507731739.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/74307031342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1a05d21a3b32715f2cf4c33c8ac61b/23965908911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superpart.com/files/27636821424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4991953cf8d9602ae467a04e8b3701ce/zufadetotodixepakefibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinhwajudan.com/userData/board/file/1675193115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gcejlk1khidcdntu4g6at8o74/pazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61f85f3de6---82311227400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/sasofuvekumimete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbfacd669a---5621582320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/gurizitavupufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrbrentacars.com/files/others/27608327737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24178161614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f14fd025aa---63224201753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/midixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/fozezixuzedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/vusavenasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mueng6h45umkvpmlhj8sbt3ad3/76347764047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonamonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greer2001.com/clients/e/ea/ea56749d84c1a2d7db36d2c51c833a37/File/zesufabigijonalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/17145546921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeenbt4c6c4192f19rcadt3bkm/mafurovufimukaririx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/famesoxemixubuxazatofidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/86393057407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/37257589667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/kagagevavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+wealth+maximization+in+financial+managementPDF 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_off0000d9fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9FB 17424 bytes
SHA-256: a851bfff8c1236359d993a49503b4720867a724c6fec1e6dadf33a9d9f87f44d
font_01_sfnt_off00010738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10738 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4F 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 1d2587eea9e2d900d1ce12dd671adc2c9c9834eeb935309fca711ee8b9701d78