Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2e691f1cd2bd923…

MALICIOUS

PDF

131.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:16:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 80390b3a7384284e44aac84068dc0a2c SHA-1: 4689246cb7deea3b145452cf3109f8368b8c111d SHA-256: f2e691f1cd2bd9237a5a176363655bd4f72f92a6c0e23901ae337cbb806627f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/xakafitabigikife.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/rukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8eca2c24e24d266837a60d30d31e06/88341522268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/26555800969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/7402151955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gizokuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b15e541152---ximiwavuzefapixatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c10d24859---tuduxosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/kufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80bb025b9b1a604bd0df8204e67d601e/99264148112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e5dbc100d9ede8b3df75aaff9cd89a7/42641487145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a23286b119cfbf0f4638a2bb032888f0/domavetusiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608966bd7fb9f---38177111703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b228bad84---56030165018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7eea60cea9---baxelugorutozafejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/xofalupipiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffa4009922---nojipuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a501c8a8bd823e935ded11e8da7eb91c/64669928220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d3bf3d4ea---lagurazozugizujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/67798327802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/ganelujaxinazija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsaman.com/files/wejibenomivosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/rixudejuligod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1m4vturq47d5bpr9p6qf3e4ljv/zubejanapapugatunufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=a+diversity+of+creaturesPDF 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_off0001a159.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A159 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001b970.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B970 10580 bytes
SHA-256: a2a2185036cffc90b188174e8ca45e581c467faedb6174d450f95e2ca2cba0e8
font_02_sfnt_off0001d1d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D1D4 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 01ad1a0a71616dcdc7d795f63d12a2a0a066300ce9670eb5f90f924aece44901