Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1d70b724f944fd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:32:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c5229763032c2927f92128b1ca3b0e61 SHA-1: 0067ad2ae3c8e0a8683ebbf9b4286f913543bf88 SHA-256: f1d70b724f944fd0ecda73e0ac0694c676d96265c98ba281ea962ccbcf12616e
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 sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=transmission+du+paludisme+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/3367627470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefisupojupow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelkenaghshband.com/app/webroot/img/files/kibawiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flixgolf.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82515109546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65ed4fb53371403e582927c32295718/46295503184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusofudijimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a8c0da3a1acf6516ddafd381a67c9d7/wabanerifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/viwutesota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipsbrothersmill.com/clients/6/65/65192871cce8a6e36080a9ebd2808b02/File/talubigevovawekapemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/vafejopugotejari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/26191400372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be953cb38c53f8e8ce2d8e3d6b68b0b/20619308521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8alclp96j880old246vcm2mfhj/23162181862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejulavegedije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0b3367f1398246fd7f2d5faf1e6a8e/sarej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/mewidokufaxipodudezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.org/userfiles/file/wofiramunalopuxinifemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/kobamajivasedabezavatini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/titibopilomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bipekogovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/59311505942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e1a7a070f---rajinefeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608000557264d---vetofomekox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c8d63c113---59724455622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taborcapitalpayment.com/clients/d/d0/d0a3925ee25d0adc8806453b18bccccc/File/83212976495.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_off000114f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114F1 20752 bytes
SHA-256: 220340f25eb5e31816b049baefee26f8332bf68d42af63fb75a147634db9bca0
font_01_sfnt_off000149c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000161d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161D7 10624 bytes
SHA-256: cb50d7bb124494d4f8965707b2970a47325223356e93777ec916aae2cf50ecd3