Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2573c08ed8d4a70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-06-09 21:56:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b696aaefd59c1f3fedd1a0c3630e8039 SHA-1: e3e1978a2ddde5e66ae4b963eda2bed3b1444586 SHA-256: f2573c08ed8d4a700da36620d538dad769af81b287aed8bd1bb7f2184328d1d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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=real+bet+vip+correct+score+betting+tips+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b68f887b6---sabuwozapesejovamiwufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3euodr7uigh3stalqbjooo8u0/28750097774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/269fe1f141667281335fce81cb02bfd0/15851772323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d565856f790e337cda9bc50fc0f1c8d/98686275322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087affccd324---21190357089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/xekobadejati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d08959b7a0---13177584651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c5968ec02008a2f48707b8834bcd1fb/78387464540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8k7t3o9g9pd5thachquucttbh/7383013779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/wufaxarisuparemaronure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/62917109129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823ece05ab7---vozolaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42a901be09---34472265130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovuxitirevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0g6m7f9krl6ir3asfkpnitbtuj/37857478612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab9b180884---3776955728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB68 5664 bytes
SHA-256: 118fbcc00c26ebc0cf000826e30800475180303004c272180aba54add3436507
font_01_sfnt_off0000dea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEA0 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 5dcc895fa43322b128a4e2978d1aa3a647e52d4dda7dd58edc3cde1723b9526b