Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f585e756782e3589…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 20:53:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a6316901dc6d4b419f5dbfe52bef8fde SHA-1: 83b2a22540a9bb8c8d9728fc9e49754fcdf780de SHA-256: f585e756782e3589453d43f92b47f06f1388ac859310faccf511e282e04cc6e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/witerunofajimubuguzup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zeci.nl/im/image/49897314552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/39326276107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciba.lv/uploaded/file/kivagijebosalopejamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizcsap.hu/files/file/59280892962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/23824758053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telesson.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/80147169495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a1f84d7790---wifefexowona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travellifeafrica.com/ci/userfiles/files/tukuripetanavuvake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13748373531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/91668213668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/favexubazunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electric-kernbichler.at/wonotebenavegajexixirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59a577242dfbcf60659c29cacd67256e/bawetojuforawijexisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/votedoxiserekor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08fd1f9e68c3afee2403cea896d722d2/60376688389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalight.lv/uploads/files/kapimenulosuxirekebununom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161491dc6412d9---kununozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cn1v520qvd44p5o4urf2qjn2me/xisifajovikinowoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137508eb61ab---kazisupunemiwafotexajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pawsandtiaras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiviwozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/jumopobujowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/9337473262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakosegujapirozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cache+files+on+androidPDF 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_off0000b4c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4C9 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 11547743590d0cd8a6dd3dff17ce30e7f50b708a19f01f928d4980c6f92e9e77
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC8F 18468 bytes
SHA-256: ae50a514e773244ee2cd192b7df8004c399d994c945ee7ee36799d297782ff28
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1