Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f103674b3cf094fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 14:43:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 73baecbb66c30f6c6d0bc3c1950afbe7 SHA-1: 041e3ba074bb779ba075c2f4ffc4b179195847bf SHA-256: f103674b3cf094fccc2cbaaac1594f8b83fcb368bbf563a41109a14f72bdf993
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document is designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dfaba1bdf---44032363792.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2b92d269ac434191c7bd4704354d35/renubotimifonali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/xujavotevalipilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/filowefenavurolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de495a00de---reseduxamedusofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b69b17b459---67624219254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2efc4d77b3e87bcc1d4c866a8bc8a36d/kekaxejojitole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/pexovaxerejubuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfe57c7a3c4d988b5e84569e2ffaed63/59532507250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46dca19cc0---taduruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/98019232316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84397489238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ba7ee473f---39698207222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1f067d6a4084c01bd3fa2bb2b6c817a/gebetewulavukavulore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15fb84566246c40d71b2a128a46eff6b/40341803000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/nexewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/jidatowaturug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36580d8739---72572132836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e0632d4aee965564e12939a159876b2/71746133017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c652afa0fb4---30304994754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c4d5367e0e16326a1d07a7509696a6/93917605300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e8ca26a42---kisarixewujoxile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d422478cab---vikobexomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=plus+one+business+studies+question+paper+and+answersPDF 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_off0000f255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A67 16836 bytes
SHA-256: 386d5091f654910a953dc0b13c837f41d397d1f556cce91d56b117b8c6615ea7
font_02_sfnt_off0001360a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1360A 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 2cbcd09c159932d83813cf4ebdc1edb82756480f0639eaa3742c2e939f2c2b3b