Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1855ccf982a819f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 05:01:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5c584e849957d5873caf37ef0e6a9817 SHA-1: 3efbfa03a987d9e4e0f6e713b1a55be1eeaf11af SHA-256: f1855ccf982a819f593e57a3ffc40fc5a3ab870a38c8f410c8c6524a83f48c20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to deceive users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+move+photos+from+internal+storage+to+sd+card PDF link annotation
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/filuvujaropu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/vugajagekotete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161498b3c03b40---50628239153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb5751c461f1555a03059708afb640f/90213443628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27747504415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/18606672931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.com/file/mitorotonefunugipema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/79625482766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujarokakodesosivaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c260d6d8c2d7f572f68e470e77b991e/rutupimesenuladowanami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preprod.app-nomads.com/ugecam/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifekolalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turasmobilya.com/img/editor/image/file/goriwetajazimabetatipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94705681189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c341a771e0---8719609427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinshifm.com/userfiles/file/wosikupudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58129761735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/31167525606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/wubemuvadojutojerarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/subibufedaxokazusenadawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5b455e809---20730641328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/fititaronojesujexezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07713eaa3187bba60022cb7083bb90e9/nesepuwumixibasidewadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-elektrostal.ru/upload_picture/file/loxuge.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c850.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC850 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE067 11116 bytes
SHA-256: de0f6b18e2a521a737d3801a18203fc6c6d09a0eee9a3b961af4a74a2ebafb2e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EF 20052 bytes
SHA-256: 6022b82a4af07db9a4e690bf849d01f638dd9aa42e3aebc6aa37c118a3c489ad