Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f28aa96dde29c140…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 20:15:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 41744372f319c0d801aafdfac5c8fba6 SHA-1: c5fab7a928f7f148ee86b1fb9674bb82e5157388 SHA-256: f28aa96dde29c1406eac7a3ed363bc31fb9456a82449aea30746903a4d7010c1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute additional malicious content. The presence of multiple links to compromised WordPress sites and the 'Password-protected archive lure' heuristic indicate a strong intent to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a5a51b947---34682294945.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/41400120172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b74970f8128b5aeeb8fc0a3370eccb60/menepiwabefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/fekegakudoxalowulezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futixaxejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/midozitewuvuralokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/684fd390f623897d8154d92cb2f7d729/83038381782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1httg1s0557ck4gdp49nmd6e4h/8838786866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8497c03b8c799fbdb43bb884a3e33ac9/93902388184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/rewuwopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitofthespiritcatering.com/clients/9/9e/9e5e3efd27976f294ade36eaf76108d7/File/18312571390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/926c754ea366fe085ca4f2b1292769e8/xudedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/pulexapenukofema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e275cdb0e17076e878eb73ac44a45b3/57558954214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a704257f43bdc83330376cdfdcd33b03/58125738078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/vulegurarovojosizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/24832838335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/robimaftlf5khgcq1h49r13imd/62349562017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b99147923cd---32048231680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a094e718336---99720017935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/65292983067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/fesefinedidalejodofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/tovubesodituxosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73282069868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sri+chaitanya+charitamrita+pdf+in+englishPDF 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_off0000f144.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF144 16428 bytes
SHA-256: ff66f399b2a0435a1358167e17add4af991a446cd8c43a9aabeb62af936d304c
font_01_sfnt_off00011bd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133EF 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 161b273e62ead72a62396b38bcc066c0bf9356c327c043e8f4c667238f70092c