Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d667b538959f40dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:59:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5f75772519c79feb04da4e8a9ad513d2 SHA-1: def0804c276dfc02b4c3f5d6f79b225ed40a9c9a SHA-256: d667b538959f40dcace3894f3b330d9c35598b24c619a0ecc5d0ee5b4cd45d58
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to what appear to be compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further payloads or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://phone-server.com/userfiles/file/rabepixaverofejajifolem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://baihsad.com/userfiles/files/20210825_005748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/12290623869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/43212112107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhd118cco4sqkk6lt30q1l2an9/tumidojewiliwamuragagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17cd872e2385bcfd3444946659a225e6/puvozubufagenami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/91635653517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ea1cea7bd156b1ebd8f25d4dc5e4a8/dovejajujudumenasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/gidazitovaditab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallawallahighschool1968.org/clients/75819/File/30196017407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47d601b0301e3f4488523135c7ec1c63/65771615887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/45147080992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/66270484197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/gazinomarebitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/55820084019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fad1561208---kojigakogamunipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/31521647971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tresonance.org/uploadfiles/poreramiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/22046351349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/78429379607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5abb3e5885100fe14085d6e493ca9cf/92270597929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94abff20e4---ganamino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0b22d17c0---kovelivisavidisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861bd890743---robugijagadexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcd8e6da439---xipudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=top+10+biggest+cruise+ship+in+the+worldPDF 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_off0000bf61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d778.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD778 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 241b355c04c5311e064f6f3957d23b710470909e386c61df03c3a616f84fbdb3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0EA 16156 bytes
SHA-256: ef7be80c5359b12dd66d22a67c2469fcecdb082ef74c84d597300e3aaa139268