Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f75cd5c26b205698…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-07-22 00:27:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a6924149853f9ff8e21dd85b5dbb6f46 SHA-1: 11e0174cff02340aa58bba55e261ffa0f32f2c73 SHA-256: f75cd5c26b2056988d49a77a262be67d5905d74f4ce2f4cf2ee3acfb675f1b23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or link-farming scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user. The numerous external links to potentially compromised domains (T1566.001) further support a phishing or malicious redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/40426845960.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c296dfa93c2---99441296713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/9351683737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09853440fb8c66c20c818c325f22ba92/70075825932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c59e7f6ca---bunanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/vabatitisobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/99771965587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limuzine.md/userfiles/file/22700106229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa25e52d35---50641651399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bd967e089---fokepimelexifeluvolabepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/jodupisevigasopadolixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/10189428036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/56139582832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8al6anu32v3a0mciv2d75c0v2/meledep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cfa0dbb17---joxomofadumajodaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soluzionebenessere.eu/userfiles/files/23662545118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a093a71d7c8---xuguwuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08nfbaq5pepgpjv0jom135vsj/15741410839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0105c91e0d76f650e402b28c59210ec7/kokamumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15713693298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727cc9141c4---86622772185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66098478333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/guwajuxupapuvilamasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s274ri1qdvprt356g958omp1rm/birosisuverofopenimasova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=steady+stream+meaningPDF 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_off000102be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102BE 10616 bytes
SHA-256: d01a45c19908cb885f96aefeff197a8834deffb19860b3c9df680037637f867c
font_01_sfnt_off00011ac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC5 19536 bytes
SHA-256: 0628fd5f98f526ed4b8029517acba04f707d1235800f016f50e7decf188bbcfc
font_02_sfnt_off00014e3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1