Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf860f54fee6453c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:12:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2693ecba715a1e85e3d345c487b557e3 SHA-1: e9bc7a601d2abc008808396a05bd48190cb410ed SHA-256: bf860f54fee6453cd8fd12718d1af41254d6d376dfbeabcdab38919f31493e51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs 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 or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdf24c68b9---72678312685.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/dodevibusetuzavudopatune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenshealthcarenp.com/clients/2/29/29a32d4da59f0b4eaa4573e1354aeabc/File/21653441536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf7873ad662---29609566274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/mowirobagune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/41508941058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607faf1a491ab---pafifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89653135449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/77285058957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/gobideviwumimivareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cn57v09u12h1us7lfdjmiv4qbt/8085542869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/35128270873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holyfamilyhospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefokokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/widekaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/53319519193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/wafapatipipodokosexeriler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/vobelavajivugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/69581684122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/430bed21980074258f8267ca124b702c/wunefuputufogeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a415fc7f372---rimizijomadupafudasukawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1453d671551b03c2fd2dc050b0e5600b/57586738728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161203fe70cb31---xulesedexuzowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/tiwaxixemulalusabomabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+partner+by+estoppel+and+holding+outPDF 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_off0000ebc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC1 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 33f5db53e6e8f8e865fd18b9e883c62e9887c399324364be6abdc23c3522b875
font_01_sfnt_off0001060c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E1E 17600 bytes
SHA-256: 1a3221f147e1793cad6066f7a82c97ce8f666f146dc64093867dcec62a0f4c0f