Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5f9327910e48c5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 06:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0a9d4567a883d399d12eb9200ee14760 SHA-1: 2bd31c0639918552b00fd8cd5d036e9dc91572b2 SHA-256: f5f9327910e48c5a01fa5a721a216fd3918b2ae181da34c5976981f930629542
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination, likely a phishing page or a download for further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1b9de28f9---japuwarobokutefipimelub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/vexobuzugefivoxerave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608caaee57791---zubitusimugokuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3597d2ffb---54290458672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4a008f15a1ff437295ce32c24fd9b19/borusupofipuledilixosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/fupelipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210605_014735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/52371210515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8652d12826e5e54bcdd3d78ce956a38/4715336160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ba9dca108aa90037bef6dd7a208cc20/gabesijakezepexuvaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhorseride.com/userfiles/file/1860381176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/30498036396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blatt-gruen.ch/files/rozurigipogigitesebuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///vasonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jogiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cddd384b6---21733732417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ilaqjrb69ujtato4jko53fr27/28172903047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/nagute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pn0m6lg170od3dvip3eh0f1fh1/10033683396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/jeguribumiruwuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b13886a3d3---45196689775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a9b464c9f44fc749a868ed4d2e2252d/jojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/69392949061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37094137741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb102c6c9---83833749479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075935eade3a---108682528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+owls+eat+and+drinkPDF 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_off0000fdbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDBC 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 7f546c70a1490834a46374aece6891f2242c28b41d6387fed78f24e6713a42a3
font_01_sfnt_off00012c12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C12 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 85a8d21fd52fcf297c735641cb76c47894b415f79439e6ac71b34a1b7a41324f
font_02_sfnt_off00014407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14407 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1