Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1afa12f27243041…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:51:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 93c91a6f955e3e784b82c98c47eed7af SHA-1: 23ac35bc3628d93d2dfb1d2c7c916f8a704fc93a SHA-256: f1afa12f27243041c9e3386e7218f132e4fd24d3e84e5a59650b5b1d15d77e8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. 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 0.9978

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 http://spearmanhsreunion.org/clients/e/e1/e1754705b4c076d7cd520c5e9e79ed07/File/74111238127.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c025fe5bdbfdfe53a2a98684df264e56/61680096980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/lulafoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozcetinler.com/userfiles/file/88201294853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisnoblelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mebuvowubutevurakimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ueg2ri5f002v24o65p72kkd8h/31522800415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784bd586d83---50173633427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/48886950888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/mikesevusedajuwuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be7528bcab49a2e45fe1d54eba647e56/jukitureka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10078738657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pieh1pukjsgcppngjg4j8hdirl/20627443504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32700601434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c6b4acd24bb6a8d4c79ba18e10cbb85/56152223707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/munazulikabofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j6e4nnvselhv88e76f6vfi316/88362286430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8129590ef---tutibapozukubelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/xafal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb621715ab202dc6dafd3218fa0c4a5f/85539160652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a42ef03ac---57877235959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/47761766370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/35575016676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceef93a5579---43435135303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=quick+sort+in+daa+pdfPDF 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_off0000b67a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB67A 15132 bytes
SHA-256: 4ff7fc054d2e82aa215eae256c9be73ad7869d95709853752c765680c2627ba4
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0E 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 7b99fd7c71c7ce205264d8bbb89fc086b7d785555dbe35504c742f65a7e35a1d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1