Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1d1373dfe22bd57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-25 00:18:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 272d5f9377214d3de0acaa56956c061f SHA-1: 2473499320bf3bb58ca721f6e4ac92324a156bc3 SHA-256: f1d1373dfe22bd57618e9761685e70a7df80e7fade6f4ebe8f763eb12ccddc24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, 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 0.9983

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.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9t6n807fcs2b5alugavinatpr/lalenagesi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/jitenar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210616015343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f473bc78bb615fd3ae4cdc18b268fcef/30149366722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/lofiferima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b58d28ce81e2b99bae85ff274725618/51259501202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/ximakovaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudomivuditomokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooo-kenk.ru/userfiles/file/74494539500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7c8158bbd---4851533531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/jikezinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c320e3ae757d155ceffeca1428bc57e9/22833660309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/62238163194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesukavawupaxiwuvilogijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/gejolomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893dbfd8c0c---87857885207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1ba2ccd42---vuvogapuxipebutil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9989c2272---1838097723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072394d6ab49---jorolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/pojefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a175f661ff7---5624821872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54377572222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik1k43169r40ltk1hk7fil9gne/fivikuxugokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/galemetewurivenuwibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a60885aac1c62c1e414e8f09cf38f95d/41670534433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=periodic+table+with+names+hd+imagesPDF 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_off0000e36a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE36A 17336 bytes
SHA-256: cf5847388a4e7d923cc6d3fb9283947d9bc852c917bef473480402bdc6e0df0f
font_01_sfnt_off00011083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11083 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 1ddee6c605142cd8cd282347a857fd5d45ec263b358db4589cda58a40bb05721
font_02_sfnt_off000129df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1