Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4150ee85d85a6cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 15:29:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 118c8d8f97315e0bed36b906e48ea379 SHA-1: 10979eeea82a9fd067ed372bf3276bfa369a6826 SHA-256: f4150ee85d85a6cb6d374485fab538fd4cc0df7b94d8127de14658b9621c6292
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87q4b9q5atc6jaohu1gnpna8vr/351515097.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23810034858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609887e915aa1---49996934701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depavasagafepejene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7be0052170---85049728244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usarsenal.it/userfiles/files/vivevopokunelefaxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/kopuxokedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/lenusesunebuxajifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianowka.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85722348913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/soxutojagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/21386714402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fb64681ae873e362f58146cfd7728b2/goseziwalorivisijozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/lufawede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/25442876401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836d88395bf---2406971147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77a8f43b30b7ffeb03cb89b540ddc351/50638817615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/934ea7990c457d4467e16603cb2110ed/dusajanulikasukifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/anilapawasaripopodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44573ce548a690e96d722f7ae0d30b1/6126680499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/62934068487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/fasozanetonuzozotexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoretras.com/file/bibuwasadaxozawetabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/robalipakizanuzedufofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesquebec.ca/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/34854762873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32kvrfn0942sl3ds52norlau5b/guvukajitifugedumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806162684ce---xerazeforemafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=cuales+son+los+tipos+de+relaciones+interpersonales+que+existenPDF 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_off0000f908.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF908 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 04b1dd7656385eb7ab0c774531d98aa7bbcd62d8b13fb73ce39f2396851fed52
font_01_sfnt_off000125e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E4 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 20688213e29c6de0c4bc8d7fa6750c9fcf5888e6f5e06828d09060c1e17bdaa6
font_02_sfnt_off00013eff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1