Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f84e38b88e9b152d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 09:56:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 38882e3ef06ce688b8aa9439f65e8245 SHA-1: 01ce666334cd95921924ee24dbfc5047bb1286cc SHA-256: f84e38b88e9b152d8966ae18f53abc6c34ca8584bfb2bcdaf1c238d5e47278c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or download additional malware. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage suggests an attempt to host malicious files, likely for distribution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0240dee29---wonetabeka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lumieye.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/poreleguborifeminevilafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniontsg96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90801826241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklima.net/upload/ckfinder/files/96151726722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/tijogidiwudiwovokawegajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiquital.com/documentos/file/kemirubujolelemumagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee50fc4053---juzonisorabedolovepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/kuwapabafeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76162555605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/tovajowugumal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polymadeniyaglar.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/80933154097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/wanesekuletimozaxojalod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28969657544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10e496e2e2dc8e7552c09cb927d9ad9/37662647534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/nurixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/14936181632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/zuresavosulejuxofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.com/userfiles/file/zegazifawukixapurujikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/UserFiles/file/kavozaxogisixawexure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cavice.fi/tiedostot/files/26317918887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezidelilifibazanakazuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/zavusidofadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=remembering+planet+namesPDF 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_off0000d377.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD377 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB89 18668 bytes
SHA-256: b3f13d553da329b2de4dffaf0ae05f9e0f51b8daca077d3355e49cc7c09d71b7
font_02_sfnt_off00011c7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7D 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 3c14489ebf67c51a55e8a18d143a57a32adbec5981a1ab4f25f3b0e8a0d49883