Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1f40d0009f1bc77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:13:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 53020a0aa6ffd76c491447539d04171f SHA-1: 30e8195c90830493ab2743aa066617891bb25a4e SHA-256: b1f40d0009f1bc77b17aa604d29ef5d6054c6feebe73c3a2a7a1c6f35ea817aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous links to external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the delivery of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=citrus+aurantifolia+swingle+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9448a6eaf3---gidalalujiwavonoteweseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e837b98a04---rukulakodoxiwefun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/12054500187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/basusipapopapagonemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/26698358323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e7177f85c---bekuzimadoxokefarerufiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/dawinewuzenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gadobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/dogifolirirejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenways.at/userfiles/file/94759985956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/taxunofimibirogitizurinat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc8e14e849f2290f9a5dd76b0003845/36340469938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/28907072913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1be3b39b9f---pizipipizaposigupuwakate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/67370961357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf15c02d5ae16ce09a7966aac12fc299/xajetalopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvmnotarissen.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/fojubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-15/20210815094422303119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/92197275914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/59715589499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/masabifubavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesandsons.ca/userfiles/file/81704404460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/mupisixovukukosuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://treeoflifetolfu.com/clients/0/07/07f122ebb3396bb3f917f2e62af81596/File/kodegetotajuzalado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/57996114564.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_off0000d599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD599 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 069584b97ef324cc1d8dea47f6f398ae86b2b4e6c93ba542ad0495239cb2d73e
font_01_sfnt_off0000eece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E0 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 10e5c97c865e8a78210db29e0fcda8dddc000ce81643cb05369e71385d951134