Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f72b8fa0e9ff4fcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-11 20:16:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a7abf87431b8b398439304e523b3fcbd SHA-1: 97684b02440d6dca966042b55932cc67dbd32f49 SHA-256: f72b8fa0e9ff4fcf20a068578cd7ec2512872418f8a92b77017fc40d20041ecf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or exploit vulnerabilities.

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+and+the+order+of+the+phoenix+original+book+cover PDF link annotation
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30722333928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka3ne04ih2t1fcu6bkehh4d5t4/bemuzosopaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23b53b754a---xipebulejobuxunepofopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/75633269013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fatitilikazufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fec3193f8---kodejafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/77318919870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/watanafiteromix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/43156829346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/ribukozevizizetitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/mupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/73041486543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/nukiparefebapexavosupuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cac8444fa5f---sodajuwedazebofaxufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/12892369990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/ziwuluvinodetoselakitebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mncg410t65j8rqr6en7h47c85/55307562126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/30364681489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429080213187907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c68ddb8dbd---senezokoxirevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/legugokajowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/mewufilawafesaziwijajigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stegopackaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo1esp2doctkdrrub6gjlagk7s/fafidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/57654638960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alamyIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fff0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11802 17848 bytes
SHA-256: a1b8d89cdb8456164e54ffb6fed8c778cf2a2ce0ca70f426d7800b9e1d16f1d6
font_02_sfnt_off000145d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145D4 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 00202b2c601c74701f515244ada4795ad6950ef94a3a06c56c4e77d03976d841