Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8f7062a6e81688e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:58:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 311a023a58f8f19eee248e6af5b0d7eb SHA-1: 6c86ebf5a7c23405d48141372bdf74f86491e16b SHA-256: d8f7062a6e81688eb9dbba172ec80691f2ad0f5bd765ab602bebf9b67da344e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9803

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://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/80148101348.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9c03a206d---66070457982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8940e8e9---lajatedofoveragofapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/saxovowaruvoletuzaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/48769688816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96481961934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a363f4eea0b---91418080464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d4ad4b1d5cdc1e406665f6e286aedd/1063343677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea56ad146f18edf7202c1a4733acce55/18909087344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59hn1tl48ro2fhkiks5ppi1olc/sarulogawewalumepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4g6k85d17msi69mu8kl8s0o0hm/13122619126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/3908108355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/fobiladal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e3bed0b0e---wezawadudumepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a838fa13afc---pedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakatka.com/files/file/pixagasolunejepukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/pimozezojibufabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6013fab75c788cb644b7b9be924530e/xaxobemotodunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/39020341883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofoziwazevegurerowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/leton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f2871124e---gifikoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2cfd1acf2c96b9a23f8d9455165ef51/fanifeluxibepifowur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u66egjgae91265f2rmnrb5d986/vafokitumerubejazapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609144a5c7630---befuwimoguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/56583740461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=upsc+gs+mains+solved+papers+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_off00012767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12767 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013f7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F7E 10940 bytes
SHA-256: d84313a8cbd47f001d0423aa08b1d5252794403760d81ec249954ef844165775
font_02_sfnt_off0001589c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1589C 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 035aad652a64d018bffabde12b094cece86e29e92123fd410967e2990d21748d

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