Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1800bca5a8052f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 12:48:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4e64681f761b3b647dc14fb9327aa81d SHA-1: 4b6cc2e1bfcf8fcf9079892ec5b50153567bdc68 SHA-256: f1800bca5a8052f0b15d328ee116c25a076faddfdb9f908eb732464b5a55d441
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, suggesting potential for further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebe2d9eefc---ruruduriguledifegu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/io18rokdh22s1md6r4a5bu93vr/tusesigidowakolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4de09bb0d---xawejebunedofupanubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/49916510481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-06-22/images/files/joxurekaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5789fe412dc8153aa00e5fe47ed41e0f/73240733063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/dajezigupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/vasadolavinuzoxoxukelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4884f78fc5ebade57412a1a85c49f76/75218459190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/56450819250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b109f4dee47---70826186968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb13457429b5decb58159b94fb2d56d/81842895945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2f406ff10a09b852de0fde7b08b8a2/giforagujigomepewobigipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/jupeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbac4c1446---butatafebekuvuwavunexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a78e08e0b---98221542585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/zukukisepitejobika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46277779716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/85322409775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca12d66972---rovedinelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/86902985563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=short+vowels+arePDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece2373225bd1c89fd66c86c87251a26/nafinejexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016c58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C58 2136 bytes
SHA-256: 2b8006cb7154baa14f3d6d5f0ff398ac3f2527f3d1804152a7ade81a5ebfdc80
font_01_sfnt_off000175f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x175F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018e0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18E0E 10236 bytes
SHA-256: bdfe1b31082f30fc5eb7dea86d7b2818ac6187045217fc40d3682001fb0eaef3
font_03_sfnt_off0001a549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A549 27124 bytes
SHA-256: 636c841e126f1fa24c4e3c531ecd6ea145dbe4aa979a65164c1f8791effb4d40