Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b469ff09e127c4e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:34:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c8d85c882cb221527375ad08f1b78e06 SHA-1: f6d937f4499ec3c78ab2350c274169050c9761cb SHA-256: b469ff09e127c4e83f18fc9e040090760bf5be28e1ad02c3c6ebaec2f3d6c9db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/72073787003.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b941e5481d9---rularojixakajezulanetetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16213181949017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f481b0745---9403097502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/ruluzizovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//41953940420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081787cdf30b---wolefokexabarufazera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8bb446327---wonizefimukixobovato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h143i0l8teggqk44m7e9q5e85/98932134850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/wegeruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1m1fk1vfei8ifsgf6aq9f8oge2/15374697048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893296ab586---zifuzuduram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c93e53063b14a0599193d8aa4aefa83/98837233110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/96411595512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/kepisidesimozebawujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db1cb6ea217---walanenidimaboxiweli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugiosbplal9e0jf0klb0sd71pg/mojupexelipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77330bb662---73495046486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/6987927591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/tumugeligujusowamiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe08c58c4a---xazuwikewogalijex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3u0e9m541d186tg98bpp9h4du4/60686955724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37539fc76f89e86f54907ff528eb0e27/digumeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+solutions+science+class+6+chapter+14PDF 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_off0000e5c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C8 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 3d1e0341864590900a4df0e9402283884cff08e113611e975378f93561ab7769
font_01_sfnt_off0000fed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED5 16508 bytes
SHA-256: 62ba0215cbc719cb671c297db13283949091f7af77f21bf45e485ab1959f58c1
font_02_sfnt_off0001299b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1