Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2893add101939d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 789d225a641edbccc4f793cc1cc749a1 SHA-1: 9b18baf2b8758c88d53d657b483ea775ad2cb06c SHA-256: f2893add101939d531449579059126744172000f6af95cf3394e7119f49bb468
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content under the guise of free books. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b67c4b38ed19bc56019082d912312d/vomenaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/50455649536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cda389a60bd---22746081659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/35560685600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93015311123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/66464999896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607242de5b288---14678677691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/79857957902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/46001430325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/matodedewegapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/jelalapobaliponejigibaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakkue.com/contents//files/89859684047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4smontreal.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/44776577649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d5668bed3---87298194606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dd50da3ff---gipofijiwureba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117c070f16a7---42414697961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpsa.cz/userfiles/file/15072505146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906ac9bf173---33252177679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950aa9ad69b---55988634262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/jisujepukinexivujuzoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haisanquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/gudozubemisoporumujarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/50203379784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608613c34ff61---baxivozuzubakolobozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+computer+hardware+books+in+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_off0000ddb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB0 11280 bytes
SHA-256: fa5585075b712fb0e3b4f35b2aacb3c6837acd1a35e3f03dca0c6c9681d6ef03
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD4 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 3bf19e2cdcf751c437e708f2284370554cd01f0ede187101740fd6eb80513257

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