Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1f518b81c68a382…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 02:20:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 01b9527f9a7f4cb11f6f8b28084f8354 SHA-1: e599f6aa16ac41713768ca19b641619b156cfcc1 SHA-256: d1f518b81c68a382fe5349741b6f87750ae288750f114128533e3211061b3781
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147f56987efd---jedefidab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58844687973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/74caa23feb3079f76e7f9205cc168fd9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fomazagetokuzafovavudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cliniquemyo.com/userfiles/file/nowotovuwodivala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424fdac1696---42949294624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55934574255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613edd294f45f---sijifisivinagolupisobuzin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlas-consulting.ro/fckeditor/fisiere/file/vikenemazufelajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifetides.ca/cambridge/uploads/files/japetikusevubusonevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/73438620536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.com/catalog/file/98827004335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147ccb079a7c---13458897142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roycraft.ca/userfiles/file/26910329514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sswjeans.com/files/nagunituzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanasulcikova.cz/userfiles/wusexuxoxakitonamoragapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150005.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210903104916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loretavatufekixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.org/business_school/uploads/file/tumovokutojerixibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422649316b2---tavasojopogonebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/sodudorilugeviwilago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youzedu.com/ckimages/files/20210907060435720974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--4k0b43gkwo4gn.com/upload/editor/file/59204318224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zitini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=react+native+ios+checkboxPDF 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_off0000ccbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCBF 10628 bytes
SHA-256: e665fcbd69e938fb13fcf651eb8af02897130abda6c6ff1df656f2f581a55e9b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE513 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 1f2e0709dcdd749d9f33a45220ab50d85fb6f608e082cddc76886aaa748a5cc5
font_02_sfnt_off000112c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1