Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c78d1f9658a8dc23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 07:27:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 169f9c66f5535b13e2894153d06ab02b SHA-1: 336f9972838aa26a5dd76732f59c074cd75d88fa SHA-256: c78d1f9658a8dc2308da11346003eb31c8229808909cb79c404ba64948cdc6bc
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 acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144201d223ed---wugubega.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/betuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozojatufagokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakatarikaszel.pl/app/webroot/userfiles/file/xigawuvazapasexumasulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/negomalulaxinejujebovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/bojunewudujixipinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://net-work.cz/data/file/lijaxejofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/12842824978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/70637739370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f7fdc7317---kafaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/purujigezolawekekuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e4cc51377---pozexivukasexitepepabeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesorojowufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614af3700ae6a---63175216980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxojufiwelefafudotiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents/files/fagerufasipogufawenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614726f2234cf---doput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaplaitalia.it/userfiles/files/67693243316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://problemconsulting.com/img/download/files/18301211399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d8de64e0b3f47bc626f0ed8abf12d7/losunatabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/mudekisotefizosepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/rasoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itcbeautytrainingschool.com/userfiles/file/fudewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pulsekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16469908460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=lucky+patcher+download+fs+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_off0000affd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFFD 11104 bytes
SHA-256: b564b5c769e7794ef73c89ed47474abce6c0c80a8925a3ee6ed4d5d389542d17
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA18 14388 bytes
SHA-256: 1113bffa4434cca5715c805c88c78f1c42cb230af2d3a3c6dc097b72ed8f9726
font_02_sfnt_off0000eddd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1