Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1019f609fadd7f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:20:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 05a80e04122d8ce54e612c2eb8314d68 SHA-1: 2de4596844f2bdf356cd946ca544cb851ab509ba SHA-256: f1019f609fadd7f59e0f33f2d83d545a68385ce0d970515473df80c077d87765
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. These factors, combined with ClamAV detection and ML classification, strongly indicate a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea52738eabdfafe35d383005ac2b5c09/57809765442.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h97k2tnfrdlm9jd65lp1laont4/82644994313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757f17ec4a8---walubup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a0830f58a---86664178206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/345bf4aeee284a18ced7b08afdeadae6/66181139864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chouchoudauphongongtay.com/upload/ck/files/24830686437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/wegovefirerimizemuguxixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkakh1v4anleip7kqhoskpu1kt/ruxojalewixominaluzilivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/437qorqa6ol6j6h6aplealae2d/10156757205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad022c92d93---90648827799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/lukadexozezadezowipekawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855df4e358a---votagudizejaruke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmseik98vg9iuc3kudv27otno6/foteratinoxagijagejawifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2697bca1c4---vibakuzewodutikojokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///19573472686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429200647684253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a589198eaf6---61417434842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0448bc290d576ea39ae51394b6807e7/lezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a61433bb5---gasenajopunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pngucajcupb34tcuao7vjhdoe3/rejosirenez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b7cbf257d---31230112405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benepajoxadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/tigofutira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=rv+giveaway+2021PDF 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_off0000fd69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001157b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157B 17172 bytes
SHA-256: abfa6d31dfe13abff112be83b43c578bd3e2ca5589cb7da8e2af902daf7ce930
font_02_sfnt_off00014288.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14288 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 3afc7605da367f43368e25cb7b682a62cb22190d4c5d8874d4f45a32c42ceb1e