Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1adb5f261501a31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-24 21:02:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ad94f0f28bc0e76a9e789f99f820eb4c SHA-1: ef5406d992a879fc2cb8e2bd53b5fe139570e602 SHA-256: f1adb5f261501a31cfa63e3b6cf49b9b9a83437138d8766adfaa99a0f8a6b78a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/40873994173.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rh4-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents//files/51964675016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/lirunikukumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18ae0509a8---gefemegazugabatejida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigova.vn/Images_upload/files/97206390110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/rotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/bobasafigipuzavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fda445c40b976fdd177391dc8a59cbde/ganibutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tappowine.com/file/todumufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fb8e833fe---45537018049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/fivororilokukejijobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisnoblelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcihlar.cz/userfiles/file/motibolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b934733feda---62056758896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/59698803077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a79817027d---82626101598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcda8aaaed0a41c150b55151e27679d3/fejezisamivuzonapasawabas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/pizodiwigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejiya.com/userfiles/file/vadibekeditijasowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cc8dc7f6b---92423451957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ee3612c50d16abb752e6dc518f7b828/73383788016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6phbdp2jt3fk9s93fmddg74d6/25743919767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/tegedejuwukubowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/684a8ac3d609dc28bba4a825e0d164af/jijosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e1ed894f6---lowemagopetunezononakopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yepsell.com/userfiles/files/34923786190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24176lmhg43aps42m7v03vidk5/75106910090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/44565337632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=stand+on+the+rock+where+moses+stoodPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e49f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE49F 17536 bytes
SHA-256: bc6bf503ff4b766a34616e9e545f728ebb4e2e53a35c6cdefaddccb51edfd0af
font_01_sfnt_off00011284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11284 10752 bytes
SHA-256: c05332591dec3a8779b64552d5c13682c91967d0ffb97d81f2d8b93d94017bf8
font_02_sfnt_off00012b17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B17 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa49ca30b1f57c6e4f8b99ad1f73ead7010ce1f191e20d716503af09158f46
font_03_sfnt_off00014090.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14090 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1