Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f752aeaa68a63aa3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:19:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 23853be5437dda4f7535eccfdc1c1331 SHA-1: 8c935c27bb8632fbfa7f9886a4fc7f0d90115af8 SHA-256: f752aeaa68a63aa305c20c4f972bc7446f37b664aed9e7250abce104d1a5fe79
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised upload directories or disposable hosting, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this PDF, likely used as a lure for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/48972331462.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/77709976006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/letejepofamepevirine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/63509196162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khmer24biz.com/public_image/alluserimages/files/nowosakerezivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9lh37i1u8iug14mmrukjkhgfn/86088313703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515100046337619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gestcargo.com/uploadfiles/file/53341789334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1069aaaec995861b95a4c3898c6c3986/40515532325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609038a48662a---7692963023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873942d81ba---33921608993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/josanegaronozejumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehhs1969.com/clients/6/67/67a0fa02f482ea8575b7cec7429e43a8/File/puzibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lixtech.com.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/bikusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/26452096765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/netelekoxedepolewelasane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmfbeteeqjr11dsmut3ghgh2tn/95392692537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/83810750518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a2a55b06f---35395810146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8203d1e1f49ae95ebe4d7aeef10df6ab/xuwiwutukelixoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed37427995c4ae1296535d7145eadf11/bodabovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36553012828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/75938274545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/zunivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u49mv50o7ssbl0o259rre4a906/99047479694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/kaginatekexuzoguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d4a58efd84f4c4dcf37293ca41650bc/relewepuvowolevonegubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=formula+to+find+value+of+xPDF 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_off0000feb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000116c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C9 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 54d71456556c4a6226142b151c5ab58eaa3493ccbba705c36c1be9e8638afc0e
font_02_sfnt_off00012eeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EEB 18912 bytes
SHA-256: fa3ca2a58397ec086c436816e430100a7b3b93d43cf28449838aa8befc2b62c8