Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f022d18238b87877…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-11 16:08:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0504bf136e5cacb2aec7954c67b86cdf SHA-1: 3193df22b69877c155519bf74e2af4b7f57e429b SHA-256: f022d18238b87877ed234826c49c53b7dc6c3cf399354c6c3b71d4f8247859c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafobalojababawosidukova.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843d17c15f9---difez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m3csrl.com/file/lokelivebegatadupixubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944dca05593---nifikego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-six.it/userfiles/files/38616100267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cdc21d3c9---50845241660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bf9fb0f94032f223feadd590abc8e4/26374914251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edb2889c998302b7e3e8731fff234537/75744793564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1625131359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/98790034911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/80455919278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e9593b5a0---fekadixazugazazaxipovap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72ae1ccc42---49187336902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/masujubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kids-ex.com/31742978708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnt4sq9gumvm6d7rc5vce8cttm/99305814286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tir2t8oqso7ud6drbsdi2ov5nh/gusoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktogel.com/contents//files/90705136889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/us8d3or1lrqbme37hbi4q3o035/73528561491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/59149054845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/noxutemiwamikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt2.com/contents//files/siziguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+bilgisayar+silah+modu+indirPDF 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_off0000f155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF155 18796 bytes
SHA-256: 627da094b0fee9fb18e43dbc2c8cb3f59cc3cc4b7e383837c8d914a13d850688
font_01_sfnt_off00011f5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13775 11268 bytes
SHA-256: beda9ff97d8cd22678e7e6a808ad0d8f4c8e2a70852e15a15d0dbde55045d477