Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f119ff1f44e8f2e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 04:52:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d984364e63aaf574ab83febf53c45cf0 SHA-1: e9fc0609238a38fcd2ad79c1e7b4f91a7229c8d6 SHA-256: f119ff1f44e8f2e5b48c6acd7d334269fa94fc15047f10b55c90cc0602cdce7f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicate a likely multi-stage attack where the PDF serves as a lure to obtain a password for an encrypted payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01d86b0c94f7b55a4ff5078187692e2a/jesigidoxodexikazugefaxit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787cf8hngvqv7tckf4u1v2jij1/jesofuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/23118410225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/4697704455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f0ffce94e---sisepaduxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_160DB5AADE24D5BA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/xevuxuguronefugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/86424801613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26d0c41512---73975908160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aatmicscience.org/asuserfiles/file/55525791071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4smontreal.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/69551064897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/papone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/wivijusuzigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/3514280457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6579381c66e5c2797ebdc51a08c43f0e/65698114259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/61954379866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210808095622_5zgef8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/vazurigoreluveboriviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814f80cf0b8---govidomuninuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/vodirenaroduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3311486ca1---83126292622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zmiz.hr/userfiles/file/21139620181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kv7phhj4fk1ucqldegcarc7vd2/perisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejuzitewigudusenebakuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/numupefabotavogubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=licencias+eset+nod32PDF 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_off0000cf9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF9B 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 51091e4d5b931b3eca2629af9556669951470f1996f5e7c5d7f2fbc771b28741
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2F 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 1ca427dfb51cfec2501cc4e1a4addfd563f92de66341852fc7070d1e7a95c00d
font_02_sfnt_off0001162d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1162D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1