Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b10c8678ec9b2203…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-07-27 16:25:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c0829f555a1ea40e13eb45a1a1dd5a58 SHA-1: 04ac7e86fc1fe821ca643757e362342267ee94c7 SHA-256: b10c8678ec9b220386dc4077c9df33af7b3b2c848970e0a9491b6b1611b70be9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f0eca4f85---kamofolitixezunixade.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a983858edec---degatugivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/65778766196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d65b6af874---zifivilaruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/niriseranivijovekajuxokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093bf0b17502---fofiduvubirizonukuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eva.am/files/4de7e3eba6d0e76a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920fe490cd2---26565238876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5072b162a---nalomipejogogojoruladesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/86925687888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ec0fb846a16aca12fa3c74bb8a34adf/fabirowupato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/62881894767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kis-u.com/page_data/file/20210531181934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02d273e3d3---safado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/90119447819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3ab6c3bd3dc29ae5f21df0d4e1fdae0/girebutatijutuwifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/lunoxavuwupatinejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/68390368507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f981de40aad24b1fdecd6b28ca1e625/rarotipuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/12880165479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c792faec7b6---94179481312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalbau.hu/imagesfiles/62800452085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/solejasaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/muranipivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=antenna+and+wave+propagation+by+gsn+raju+pdf+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bbc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBC1 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 98ca1e3adb11be00955b9cc915f9cdfca432824125646caa2aa1e28b2ad9a2ab
font_01_sfnt_off0000d605.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD605 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE12 1724 bytes
SHA-256: 5b68e14c25a8fd0333afc241be4cdd6da0a5133f0171feaf563e2df0cfb92705
font_03_sfnt_off0000f641.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF641 16008 bytes
SHA-256: 76673414e9fbfabe7763e2ea677f28dc2f7b599358a0581060e745cdaceb6a3f