Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f719955146870588…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:30:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 90a9fd7f368444e69e6f95496283b515 SHA-1: b4b6efded2c0f225c6d54539c4599195c5ae0a01 SHA-256: f719955146870588d03850d175c1e9187cf5353160892195e9857462da94c294
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or further payload delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021053010474914.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/dbe0ac556a4edd6517c666a9df264e35.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/lasoxibupetikonurinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e315166a8---sagin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caffepontoni.com/uploads/file/vixarujesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiloriwaraxizowosaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/nalanixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/77315572222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/93600846466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/kijunulona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/lajiwomeravesekepofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart//upload/file/59530136704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/fexuwikusozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7cfaac1791ba7e0e69a2fe5f189fe1c/kileritumamega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbead3ac05---73479804040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hga1qr34tj0pb4bfp4khm0lm97/xivixusivuxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/julidumozosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/33352472052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borgopitti.it/userfiles/file/95399038017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801084e4274---binogufeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/77714954238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o68e9oq8br767t8nqjctci0sst/supetalodadugakalobege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/xesujimagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/040412128791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/60835494266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82ed1891c5b94e402c1998153440c224/fomibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=croutons+for+onion+soupPDF 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_off0000dd88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD88 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 69593d1f1ca51617fd8f95841f4b01c4eb7f7cb758a40825691597e3c02a370c
font_01_sfnt_off00010d2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2F 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 143e145bcb61ed5c6317ba74d3f4a178c49713a6373bd5175e5e1924ffcd5995
font_02_sfnt_off000123fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1