Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f72edd432f191696…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 05:07:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e348788014ccff96ce36da46af548717 SHA-1: b7fb0167c84e8d7b374a0360bec6885981b36b21 SHA-256: f72edd432f191696b877327805c4a580dd22c2182702bf26d25f1dbacbf05fe5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://xyr59.com/filespath/files/20210910132324.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kanizsakran.hu/userfiles/file/85494110085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents/files/basakenopemoputixuravodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/51712717835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90693659186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a02d12dd8940b467d2592d3ee5c81da/vusidezodixunenuwizoneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egyptlance.com/userfiles/file/54762276420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/35148069362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/tivekobube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/sizifidakokogovumuliruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jojomulagodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/lipopan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161432214c43fc---51650167475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/20824378316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/suzakagerokefomuneviziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148f0f96385a---zodediroxogadetewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog/file/turajinoxesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d243eafd6e0f8832833712f3e412a32/rezaxitewilizilabuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ortopediaszombathely.hu/editor_up/gerudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibikid.ru/upload/ribadusojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog/file/fevebokofanimagob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce7f1dadb0d213de2124bf1d9e82c5a9/kazomegojelixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/13795165458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexiwepupudelebaribulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/91879164111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexedepawirexididaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+of+technology+for+youthPDF 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_off0000b22e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB22E 16140 bytes
SHA-256: abe39b1589509dc0f7e204762550d0813a2f71095f423b0e1f01bc410107592f
font_01_sfnt_off0000dae4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE4 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 57eb74bf011294ec4de920174e6c992471d5a649f4ba8d256ddd5d1dde3ec4c1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f411.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF411 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1