Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c10b95de2a611870…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.5 KB Created: 2021-08-01 12:53:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f8b60af5c2f66ac1182ef97100b664d4 SHA-1: 4382785cf0cca8f440cce632860fff7739814e56 SHA-256: c10b95de2a611870c667945c319989b62893e416ada5226f5493fe28fae48ad0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these compromised hosts, which are often used for phishing or to serve further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1125d15bc---kumirutekezaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b25bda4b4---97934821664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.autoservis-hubatka.cz/admin/upload/ww/file/xumizizuzasabuvujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/fefezanedipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/425995a5f8b78bfa6a435b3fc6a5c346/2690127227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79f6f20f92---jatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d13e2d3307---74511602651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/69310342722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d0b7a178aac00cfe8dd755fee4eddef/77438220317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapakunited.com/contents//files/10960488059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/8576567331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/98949486489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98174181597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/kulide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/2796744853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/38652181401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ea115ada---40160227720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079296ae7da9---46576964592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5j0ts767pgdb0a1bomvbegmup/44351986964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f73e39e3900---15274930519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/valfqglguam3gji40toeppgbjn/8889703406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f40054e84e581e39afdf82679d48c11/40266380302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaeocs.com/clients/c/c7/c75ed17bfa54634cfc1039f1b599a7e7/File/14080691670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/26554123532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetranhtuong.info/luutru/files/bedefeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+adjust+acurite+weather+stationPDF 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_off00010de8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DE8 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 13e382a5e11cf9141f315edebc2f3551b4cbf28f96a0c24f135038287b665539
font_01_sfnt_off00012682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12682 18744 bytes
SHA-256: 594be59da6d9ad5bf9f41598fb9869f028ace0360263fbdf8a9a33b7ebea7abb
font_02_sfnt_off00015863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15863 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_03_sfnt_off00016da8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1