Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f516f26fc49a3b43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:11:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 860658114822d44f3d790d95bd9e5b7c SHA-1: 5fe93b8fedf080c86e253f77d3a658abe1f4d9ef SHA-256: f516f26fc49a3b43cc3fa0a1c3011262ac41016cadffceb24038a486acab5fdb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic firings, particularly 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM', strongly suggest a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sarcoptes+scabiei+perros+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2767ed005ade5ace75e18ac708c86a67/73878621565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789244e5cf3---zodomofawotafuwujakupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612967d0de3b0---sotiginig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd2494c689bcf6f06c666ca07a1bd599/44310602702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/49962325703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9140b98b97799af964b8adcfb74b1a/jabutinuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/sumusuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/22898703974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/rafanuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/55235249797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomboy2.com/images/library/File/72512471683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4a8c9a609449ed8d4cdf48320a0debb/95730879218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47f8448285---gemesibosizusakiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/70042499483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stauber.lt/images/files/tufupipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/popuzewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/86774356406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/donuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210528/2105280051258445095rrykg1v1hdk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5ba615f6a356715ade3b67cf2d3183/83286796141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21960829984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cffe13a922---73322222938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fc76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC76 18780 bytes
SHA-256: a35ce1ab7549d0122f4d9e21ca83ad21360ad5ef39a8e88a867abd41a50c3190
font_01_sfnt_off00012d1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D1F 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 9e8ccdd5c7c2d1cdd3b951a9110e3d3f38c65b6b7338f08e0a5a7afb8ad7857c
font_02_sfnt_off00014576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14576 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1