Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf876472987eb041…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-08-19 12:32:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 00dc7c246194fe1e8004c20759c1285f SHA-1: a307bd272959c092fa4cd32ab9eabe7960e8c1d7 SHA-256: bf876472987eb0416c818295a09052128974c764bf8d3d2404517abe801f48d9
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 and other disposable hosting. These heuristics, combined with ClamAV detection and ML flagging, strongly indicate a malicious phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73853fbc90fe2c5eb909f3535cd528ac/46193619965.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/famovuredinokuketidogefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/dewedatipevexezawaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34565143922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/lipedisotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ec8752796---razujusutajike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifabudavegujufone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nandeestationery.com/userfiles/files/2837864683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/44930774012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/57934217064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fab0ab94d6e8fcf5a2d876eada9aeba/tojejotufusabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzegipafomirukozeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1a6d68592---50999880839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinasouth.com/clients/11073/File/70305480586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccd6b8d23d---fepanizunoranamelarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/36406847919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frickcontrols.com/uploads/files/15383763667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5faatgs7c9gqpht9q49k1f91tk/17322999839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/rilawawirirekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/velewupafara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadilobemajirisebufafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/18743089311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c87e283ec---kaxozavajomabumedakaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/51686496443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+power+dissipated+in+a+parallel+circuitPDF 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_off00011a91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A91 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 3ba64ef618cf5307679d0af95daeccd2868eec7798f66faa840e7e6dc4049756
font_01_sfnt_off0001338c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1338C 18220 bytes
SHA-256: 6d001bf511552495983a52b04d652b7223f711b28f06f394b3b10fd3f08bf377
font_02_sfnt_off00016447.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16447 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1