Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f691c1c7bd8eaa79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-06-18 21:57:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2bb6941eca85b39a6dee16a4ed33e17b SHA-1: 3f92bcba7aeaad0f896eb1507ea5f958afd84ef9 SHA-256: f691c1c7bd8eaa79430456975e7c8482bb9c5ff6a7ddcb907061dc373909d4b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'Minecraft full apk download free', suggesting a lure for users seeking pirated software. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608983bcec184---81744297356.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacbab60f442d2a270d4e75d97ee6ec0/26511261337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/lujike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/76343561846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/pivesabazabovazegafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609893c0ef33f---94703012169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/79922323768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d952ebbace3fae5cb78c618caa0e48d4/vimakilezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/1078289485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea4c97dc1c---vorarojujazavavesesolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4s00pdtvfl1qaa3rfudgiaqcqd/68201211358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbdjag8ljn13399v7o0ppgp468/97143588362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/giwusaxobetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+full+apk+download+freePDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1D 5132 bytes
SHA-256: 9c130ccffb2b8df475422ed78b638a60cc380aed5e1c8ced4f1137e43038b88b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC2 10728 bytes
SHA-256: fd7d94f20f310e1992d9e18e17e814089421c968f518e943d29447f4d83a94d7