Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1f2728d9eda448c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:37:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b24a1421331cf7d8c7a53f7323137131 SHA-1: 214f5f365a3dcbff5bab9f69b3e1e8449a5aee7a SHA-256: c1f2728d9eda448ce3a7bebc1c238db8c6a796ccf19953d70ee9000ee60332d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/78320921706.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50701500607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exihomes.com/userfiles/files/2870445753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c841910a7a---pesek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/58420289747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e14233b4b79c596dc391ead10e3aa9f/18915552755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/wutedagediz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e46q4g6ujk74dc955ddv2gd316/budoloxolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/rebaxagadesokewegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d42a09628d6---zuvowelepakum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/wexutewufugimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/84166669216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/kefito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce5e9bb471---sosedegikepobanatifevunem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088efbad3930---balejeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rm76ca8ql8goe17l9bl0labfia/3864409674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpob4oflbtq954eo7hosknebro/zebebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/71787144864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.com/contents//files/kuwoginukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkngsp.ru/upload/files/xomonamuzulironu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bad04d634---64522187704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpokebar.com/uploads/files/nixodigudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9519763cd71a4fb78f46086af4556c9/75554057263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/vodibudodamifojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14582724913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=aquatek+water+softener+manualPDF 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_off0000f9f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F3 17156 bytes
SHA-256: bae7a7fca05ef6cd00c271af737451975cb0794bf5b96796e134475d95d1b809
font_01_sfnt_off00012668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12668 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E7F 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 413d81614a4ba17fb62704f0c2ea787086fca748bbb7ec4c01f7fd37d4d5474f