Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df018569003796a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:31:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7237d2abfdf9c0b0728969902102d681 SHA-1: f11ac2d8e4b6479ba8e0cecda2300e6bb52f3ca5 SHA-256: df018569003796a67d7ad852142bb0a34e2bc67b456e3a5dcd3f04f52f5deb9c
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 external URIs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2d805683b9bd4cb17d4121bb645e036/81312506256.pdf
    • http://danfilenemd.com/clients/67744/File/kixerolusopo.pdf
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dacc05efea---39089297283.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a054da16030---63416271202.pdf
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otmp0j9v6tesf0coifg8ft86f7/82397984335.pdf
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/tuzibuwudimodulaba.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608318de3a2d9---81233000539.pdf
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705aaa0ccbe---16430929624.pdf
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubivifagokozidizog.pdf
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzumilixagavuzubejokow.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b75fdaba3d---78511431104.pdf
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/tulivapupurudufupewak.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/6957874262.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfobl996bkf0db88dn01kf9soh/lorobapazufinegek.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/motaso.pdf
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/97378398902.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/kegukoximiziku.pdf
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musako.pdf
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c29d9796102f90891ee7fe27f89696f/jotaviwetexivotorikateniw.pdf
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/11717770042.pdf
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20216172232477429.pdf
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89eb9f639a28cf2ac5449ab0f5c17390/40117645397.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=magnesium+hydroxide+bnf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f072.bin
d7536a56111cbd3dbfb8a9a424ecbbad87d55401eb862cbc5b9676109b53dd58
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF072 11104 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109f7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012209.bin
493425912b853d940377ec276582377fe63696058b98974f6e1495f532daea13
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12209 18800 bytes