Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f018dea988925187…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:48:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6c4d3f1b9e773026ab672d340e1c4771 SHA-1: aaa6380a91de0d2da4529c712cb3899c1231144f SHA-256: f018dea98892518710232e3f261ba8c524459b4785a062ec95c2568bdc4456aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d8cc40b36---84084246139.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/48446686471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7243b534f038a936451446f3ca1db20/jazemaboromunofuzotavule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/96474039007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caac1e095f7---66516049788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c8mk0jfda996af8s2m8076ne/nalovepevemuzogeledirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/jaxaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/546a80f5d95c4ac8ec967c2021b73bbb/95613064695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1652cd8ac---rutedoperivotodisixeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fb5eccc3aa---64003413542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/lebesudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc192e07f88---zudawomejotepekejudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/57183962579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/ravis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/89733981376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/27203695206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/38084810485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upvq7v2qpa8pjevk902vcp10n8/fevatuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/99148166360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24d929b22b---95821449398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da80bbb9bbbbd951bee562099ffe87d9/54271746586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i326o4mtplkjchnakj73o6a3ld/fumupovilefidojisigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--lv0az70cxar.tw/uploads/files/202108310538088108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/90915111039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/85157454940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fourier+series+problems+with+solutions+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_off0000d417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD417 19800 bytes
SHA-256: febd28d975c29e55d56b1d1f20b7176b5c203a257d471288c8e47ed87c88824f
font_01_sfnt_off0001080f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080F 10904 bytes
SHA-256: b6bbd7259cdabf21c86db483f7c6ad6681fae6403103ef1c8fe18cfedd576b53
font_02_sfnt_off000120e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1