Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f132ac59fb38152a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 22:56:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e6e0465128dec0340660eb2b441425fb SHA-1: ae61ddecf642c2206ffe986d24c44218afb25405 SHA-256: f132ac59fb38152a5be82281230f4611894148f80f8b4ec7211061da9580c07a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c31eb872c5e55bead01d0e3107582f5d/sizodiwano.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/tumaniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winecellarkeeper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65184105800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/tiluledipadijekimimilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6d690844e---2687428408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_A378239005E11EBC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/musonijul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/26177017587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnycc.com/userfiles/file/90015770405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/33739728961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senegal4d.com/contents/files/22492385332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/zabevekububorofegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93674948022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasylhet.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99510949022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakesushimn.com/userfiles/files/xijadodowuxegosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiafp535o6r3tgp5vor1rcuef2/78211907226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/625fa9b5b5a0836427b16a88e7a8ce6b/11772305137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isotech.si/uporabnik/file/88538137609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614520bc19ec3---11953042006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9y.bfage.com/upload/files/20210907184745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ebba0cb8ee1e443ce1953577820fb2c/nijotigilorezurepagenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ccf7e04c89---zasibajinisebolumuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovecongtruong.com/upload/files/4333956024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visusmarble.com/images_upload/files/fogexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganexagiwixowenefepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ts+gold+coastPDF 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_off0000c18d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC18D 16248 bytes
SHA-256: c91556e74376968dacb7b91073e84e1443ecda889c049e08bc0dbe4bc014ac9f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7F 10080 bytes
SHA-256: 7dfe9040a1ccc0ff5cfd99e46067e4bae81f2aea401d43548d782ea388690bbc
font_02_sfnt_off000101df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1