Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f168caa5488341cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 14:46:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d114df209f2ee5ca3738f5436e7b6969 SHA-1: d0049ee7821ab339e0fef5f053605d13e2118310 SHA-256: f168caa5488341cc99ae1fdb3a468d3c19b480e42d2c919dbf832f4e6752d91b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads indicates a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e3b604a91---98268108211.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4d2bd9d51---62818693633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0p4vfjaefi6vejd67mlg1kttg/ruzed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/bufoxopimaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82687442511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34065b62f5---suxanewabejob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f05e69c88e7---8019480402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/10512089064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd43d31e3a324d4ebc908dfb22011efa/13213831705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parvazyab.com/basefile/api203/files/nubuzetagatuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10cc8e07e5704ed2d3fb9fad759c6002/xonuputewidagikipilonijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedigabajijajuwamotuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tped3rq44kmkhn73a3elnpq0s4/bididirigidewapaperebipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6412301d91---87634781085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/58278527100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/4481300580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c0b91f237---gulit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8bc3f9f9e9---borawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wojczak.pl/userfiles/file/kovoxomalibofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuccifamilyonline.com/clients/b/b5/b5aed9f4ae8fd2b300021b46b426cae6/File/25901839382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/gosafijatarobikagolelitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bd87b85cb7fef6a39f2b57862288313/43761305539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starfoil-mail.nl/uploads/wysiwyg/musizujuwarixamulalun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=algebra+de+baldor+ejercicio+17+resueltoPDF 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_off0001333d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1333D 10892 bytes
SHA-256: ef8d232f3b1c8b83b226378363365032c2374ac6acc8b305501590fe3d329895
font_01_sfnt_off00014c6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C6B 16648 bytes
SHA-256: af95e1898a433b83712ea17cb3ae4082ec282915d64fbec7bac656d372a7d26e
font_02_sfnt_off00017674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17674 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1