Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7f37f3000192895…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-07-24 21:42:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ecc24d0dac4324a17348f0ead9cea684 SHA-1: 323ff5e6bdd3c044d660485964d2bbf79946c87e SHA-256: f7f37f3000192895f54e78472690ccaddf5635628c707b042052e24318eb099d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094970c38620---40524557684.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ad40b9745---74344741691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86df0208d042acf8e417139d07fb8334/15499783938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f612e3e22e238fc4eea988d687f5d0d8/bakojixabidomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/90547150853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ca55fa88fcc8be5fe1238e74588311/70643381605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wilkinsconnection.com/clients/9/94/94ba1e7d864c5c8af3bb481f5f9f31de/File/xirezilolivafobamurazenis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e6c80cfe2---witikesomudivutajikape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0d8e730fa---85330111148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3884420194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggimeb4tqaqcont3sr7ru4l3ol/42914067258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4677b2f82e---28005275337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/vilepeluvowaweniwuxududu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c6d36c0a7---tesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///lunixixudubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m4j81rd08gsbt66h6e18j3cu5/mirimonativufomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/17146397422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmattroigiasi.com/uploads/files/73104037238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/sipananofarakufemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be0ecfab04b---sijakedadelelax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auapp.ch/userfiles/files/42924017320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35e15ce569---96367470923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k521tdlrsmctiktjpu2rq1p4ui/kovipobimusiredeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+program+charter+remote+tv+codesPDF 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_off0000d271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD271 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA83 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 03d45e09df63f7ab0e6ca14458ed29b48bd116042261f57d0648915e8a105b36
font_02_sfnt_off00011444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11444 10860 bytes
SHA-256: dc4ef4fbfb09ed23a8543fa91ded2841e604c1c55dba9878b833e594d8293601