Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f64c8b4fae488d84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:15:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5f7600672dda4d9ff4c7fbdc46d6b9f3 SHA-1: 91790c971b628d2e00dd19348f6b10986c2276ea SHA-256: f64c8b4fae488d8494044ff4434e87753f97bee9bd6c49b6e8d79946c32707b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. These link farms are designed to obscure the ultimate destination, which is likely a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute further stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/zavafukisawipebaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/turutogaxamasexuxetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/27219345850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00037d65d---bibusijegisisirukilin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/jenunetugato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/xulaxutaxolusinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c900813494---tedivedonasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/delupujefisesigituga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1478270ad85f8037d932947b6e98ea4/xususilolenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/xesesaxadezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5d38c67fe---67647490553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweet-sugar.de/images/uploadedimages/file/61155081900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/31205605832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents/files/95075610846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/finukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.org/upload/mexugokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf9f51106edd3b66de8356a8371b473/99263461835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/lifesunanimijexevujune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aathichudi.org/userfiles/file/62590235984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b76149306437e92eed56b0ec0000b098/siwejitisubusefanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc085bd3d0b5d7f40519ecf0296f282f/wesudigobisaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/jixuzuvivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/kanedezasumobosafojotupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/72173496782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=adding+and+subtracting+money+worksheets+5th+gradePDF 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_off0000e346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE346 18136 bytes
SHA-256: 8d5bf555c88711889c8faedd2674dc3aa56c09721900b3a365aafa0b1a453964
font_01_sfnt_off000112be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BE 11420 bytes
SHA-256: 475786fa0dc44b3eae3011f8f788c01b4c2e17479df6f862729e91c165291563
font_02_sfnt_off00012d7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1