Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b026cf732db832a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 08:18:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8493b057de74c526f51ba033206f2625 SHA-1: 592fb41f57cfe043bf8547002049b1ca8a767292 SHA-256: b026cf732db832a363a46fd4237fbf3836e4010ae27891365d07070acc9521c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to various phishing or malicious websites, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+reverse+lookup+a+cell+phone+number+for+free PDF link annotation
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66b1d1ae5c1aca7f6937d6eb4df2847e/78656445039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/66912535178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d99329624---44228970909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f684aebb58b17dae90eb538fd7e06fb4/51673518214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v1lsevi2bqft1c4t6nrloj9sq/wajijomavagunozazunidafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c334328ea1f---32543473180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o643uffo72p38po5g6khtgo7nv/68752283911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/152315308450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dfcc739b5---22010318519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43ff61e360---tubifilosetifefowumowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79131322064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/rugojuxagivakobimozurusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/fubezedagugomilikaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/13562792439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25b46ba3be---11477066795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/73546209027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc392fe5843013bdd1eb16fe1fe8cf65/fusufomaziselori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/79246872507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915de343531---xivonipokaxadinuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102f8ad7b5a2---jiletetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uqmmuosbfu2dmvhlphju984pc/89040419499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86bf26979f6fe50761f2ca4f868e36cf/64880996880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlsy.cz/images/file/files/mivitorajugugunojozuzos.pdfIn 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://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_off0000e86d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86D 16964 bytes
SHA-256: be75ad5d8bb1292ccb14f801a6f783381833c78206b048df031f1c6aabc71687
font_01_sfnt_off000114ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114EA 11264 bytes
SHA-256: c3924e2e2749ae76ecd48e494a20933beb145db70300640cb336494e98b39f0d
font_02_sfnt_off00012eed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1