Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3f65ccd9c649037…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:06:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: d7a01810f377c285baaee2aec6752370 SHA-1: e79860693a1aa059b59c64d48ce9d9b1092a8c3f SHA-256: d3f65ccd9c64903740edfff7d51faeaa441a3b072f1c4ed4e7b911483c289544
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e976bd19727---51570899201.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/35349577155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a1b9eb2a0ccf5cccb650a80cc45885b/zobul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b30c5b738f---462013603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ni0k0acih7492at4oku8ktlnp/ridulebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706863dfa08---webupawag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747b44c6c9a---rawemapuzaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/vituve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikaxuvipivofot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/99259527187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b4dc3867a---jejafomekukovere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/zeninovulokovijebamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/23852022928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/siladuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/bigelenosimufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b85d33962f51794e89c9838d54519cc/resipimisazijibidoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/nonugilusez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72903710358f32959179c757afbd45b0/domig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca3006b5a0---75769321739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardenofsound.com/userfiles/files/50491611930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2b33b3612---pofunarofonisixejoxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0955205219.jwa.tw/userfiles/files/domodutuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/dolutevevezilamazigiwovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/pelopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=two+headed+serpent+pdfPDF 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_off0000d93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93F 18064 bytes
SHA-256: 05a47222b45ec8668acb5eb0519d519af828a45b416d539464d7d1f5299c2ca8
font_01_sfnt_off00010863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10863 10504 bytes
SHA-256: e58a5c4585f6f7c39d8ecf0805ef609588b7a63f7c97eed2417b1b8bf4ad9436
font_02_sfnt_off00012051.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12051 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1