Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2c7c41199e0828e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:18:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3d5633c64e32fb245c1b13e032af20da SHA-1: c0278737ad30e38454c6a92b2d54b28fe130e9f6 SHA-256: f2c7c41199e0828ef9b5133e0b858107cfad85a6e3596d0b617196d35fca855f
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 acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ec8e32987---76345953791.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://forresterfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/cc/cc72bfd2512333311cc1ef5a4fdef90f/File/78269932622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57bc65735a---59682270427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ccf8aebe6---23134514329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drkoopman.nl/cmsimages/file/vifinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d85rk0i720vu77e11tj3ngq7/78406567285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/dodoridenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagiwogamosoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infunplastic.com/d/files/56636666270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcacae9f3a---kakisuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9aab7f675---91583347426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/fimarijakesineguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/13878430739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/1369051978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c6b2bdebc---14954894292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611761ad30d9f---94587803114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/86244199378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/zosupakemix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/fidabuzegaduxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/30003162723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54998307670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpokebar.com/uploads/files/fakagidisuvuzoxuwilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=unir+varios+pdf+con+acrobat+readerPDF 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_off0000cb3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB3A 10780 bytes
SHA-256: e40620f494b55de3cba17a436b04ec76c16f6d4b8891d856c3d6d57388056cae
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3FE 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 1b1dadc9f78d6b7e1345f226fbba48cb48ab4077dd6cf17f3a4d972c9ae865a9
font_02_sfnt_off0001127f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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