Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f01b4e7a77e85172…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:52:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1edab23ec2732d4780e83eac29472112 SHA-1: 20141501393d5bd7cb1f9003ae45b83a68fb3591 SHA-256: f01b4e7a77e85172e15729b9537afe0326386126577f0094f52b4dd1845dd2f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3cab86515---92688661273.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdf944c5654---4851469906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defaico.com/d/files/zavagupadetosezuzoxiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg.su/upload/File/tozukalexalafodekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxadifugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4832e8f8c252cb1ceaeb5b54d718ed2/wewipasobixifekudaxowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgjbreunion.com/clients/6/69/6950e03db8b1ea894755b369f0a03c31/File/mesuduvazesagizimajora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86093091600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/82129917023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/sikagasowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/tivotarasofiwamozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totarenekovonukago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukusizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebq7uepv7svhb3f17c1lpph322/buwapalumerixupazosanutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a941e6234520bdd7a8f2d80966bde93b/noxifurafeziwamefilusizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4991ebbb03---46844948685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66d44d9e2c---gubefuzobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97338898678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eiuoua2h8frci99j0s3pjv7a7h/kurogejuginivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phs1961.com/clients/2/29/29da8dc1278d8f1c58a3d16208bcb4e7/File/4214016889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtl.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/92327954641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=curso+de+ingl%C3%A9s+avanzado+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_off0000da51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA51 18608 bytes
SHA-256: b27613f1295966c5eb3d337443c8e7995e3ea1fcbd4c35ba3d043eaf1fb7df19
font_01_sfnt_off0001099b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1099B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B2 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 058b1aff99ef08e76bcd440dea5f7fdf45b1aa3808c9b9c729d94396e49ab221