Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3c459945cd4c10a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:46:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8d959407e1bc538472004c3da8cd4428 SHA-1: 652030690146f522019676e82e344f7bbe9ea59e SHA-256: f3c459945cd4c10aa88cf5bd2ad8198d1bfe68c8c922ea250996274731290f02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07947312a137d8ffff479f9f48c4f4b1/vosituvitufikatubok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/78212986749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/52234642093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovna-krumlov.cz/userfiles/file/16326249781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olneyjune65.com/clients/d/dc/dcef5d22f85ec69f5810ba62c2e8cf46/File/94876580859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17989224574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/23150937787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/80098060548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.themixchange.com/userfiles/files/5500785220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/91787573213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-7/20210707014543955486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/66054142891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daltan.hu/userfiles/file/95953476992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/suzorisenonituduloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/30538521936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7ea42b876---mawefixorolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b213395e39a---83093074833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612927c8a9d4c---78773179961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/5549917904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609865c22376d---99882896779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53481a862f61213d0a66a9d15644c49c/29745503417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/fumifuganamoxadewidinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5c2c1c970---fapurido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=dc+motor+speed+control+experimentPDF 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_off0000cce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4FB 16060 bytes
SHA-256: cd5c3c7a69e35b1162e7e86b42dac6894c0893711cc90ea318a682587732e978
font_02_sfnt_off00010e15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E15 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 36cec28469068f3813b4b3ce4dddf596403858106373b8a5243819e86b3d606d