Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d599b326bec023f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:52:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8eb88a961e33dfb09aa2092e523c512c SHA-1: 5cef3e7ed41eeb334b190ba85ab894787d25070c SHA-256: d599b326bec023f1739aece49f1eda819f7df9198a2b813ac079e874218a68c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. Heuristics indicate it is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://cartolmania.it/file/78720984544.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6bb5dceeb---21799513289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/nutajarunekisadavanujet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64d8a4ce23---88068217697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093077cac74f---litomusipekosokiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/81761257295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nokianhakkablue.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/premd42mmj8eakh2ko1nbhrth3/xubuxovufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/34833042814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klinok-saintp.ru/files/13417331017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fini.hu/userfiles/file/99435554382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81797653852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56c8fa7d04---92319950044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarentcar.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210727_B8CBA84907D07018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70uqtuoqjokktm3rq2f5vtae9b/33348240811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/71705827675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0o9rm1t6o0t354npsdug8f295/70669697722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushrutproctology.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/lorodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16282707f1ab920d28d7c531a25c2631/fuvekinuzixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ab8d47a69---78792401920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca524d247d444bf4a9dc7ba14493090/72066584010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/591781e16e8a5984071e719294c37507/kulafodalunaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5f908ec8c8276033263821649be0148/52473640133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/buj6gp9bv80qlfoh9vekbtgp14/diduremetotifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=paffoni+blu+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_off0000c5c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5C1 10232 bytes
SHA-256: a416bf38f34f8b34bc527834324b9ce47d3e63644e788c40950e0fc6559631fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7A 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 290437c95b729da01d4188f1d4924cd93d7048e95eca592839193bfc72a9a5d8
font_02_sfnt_off00010aea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1