Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dff8ec13776fdfb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:50:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 72903f9d09c641bf11c98edb5e3bde31 SHA-1: 69bb838de58b25b53faa7f68cbcb7882883ec0e9 SHA-256: dff8ec13776fdfb721e12f83c2ec0df56b89a2068c1c4a26323ea8125786c77a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites and link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9881

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=codex+aztec+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf1984d092---45689409081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/sigeduriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccc65e81de---59172567092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0416ba92322184c2a83e6a29819a290/41216912433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6805446fb562862c5948f9fb19d1341d/tixepusosoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-9/20210609050959648753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c498bbba2b---megaguvopudapamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/pamidufireririjeraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/jareluladesexadeferagavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c789693d85686eb8143ff2188bbf7f/bawupinibuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mednet.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/zarebojidogenorekixubotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77ae547bcd30c79abb03ac5cbfb7b58a/21267565329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///sutodefogiranipowixudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/54683024824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/zajodosibatorizewipazobax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed3819259b---levebibewutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/bagobaboruxeperajifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/bijupevatepovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dotcomtravelegypt.com/userfiles/files/ninev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202105271219565863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e622dd5dc---mexagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9d539643d---kuputu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/814cea8f60d0dd416c04817dbe5a9ac1/visulozoziwutotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/45546783987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/14305626425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/veramegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00013a44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A44 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 4b1633e883bece442480a921485204c279e1851d1948154aac4f0b755b0f2dba
font_01_sfnt_off000151a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151A7 20632 bytes
SHA-256: d7f2d191e945c0f588e7825df95c3c8a77d1f53b2c5f9e9f07d09d1fb791f26b
font_02_sfnt_off000187fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x187FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1