Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f871654b31771153…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:31:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1906890cc2dc6132ee2d8aff5abd27e3 SHA-1: 3fd64a252eae152a571265f043eec4758754525d SHA-256: f871654b3177115399f5b5ea9cca334f50b3b1de9455d8550e6fdc877c8f3e62
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further payloads via the provided links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f0ef76da09ee2702d8d16b8db60c9a5/jurezumaxopujezimew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/gavorilixirerupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/8505557174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611856130a0ec---56333993872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bcd6b5e908f31588f101ac53149e60c/2745287046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608073b9e9abe---16072125531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/63989361788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/zefutefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ee9805f9fcbba6854bc3d7e78fce67/19075561516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716df77361d---jimozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/4729954061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketherballize.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7590471143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca7269cf1b---kigimizefokis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c85ad6bba---49928265695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayersoffice.com/userfiles/file/46292150513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeam2vi8ghrd2kb6l5u4b2ncn7/zakuremobedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jn6jrjomcg4r0v7p2gg9vo7hrs/285176842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/nilolupefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plastikacz.cz/soubory/files/76074812103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/xiluvelemener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.me/upload/file/31528476884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02d5c96b9de55b192fda3f1814e680cd/dugobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafigagofibelosusus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikebixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/mojomul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/72744683804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+physics+books+for+1st+year+pdfPDF 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_off0000ebaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAA 19112 bytes
SHA-256: 1449c471687a24b92e197ba60b96149d9f3587baffba4b37902adc7772719a63
font_01_sfnt_off00011c3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3E 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 82d2b1a29f26b35afb24ff971295c774f59d7c2158ac0729c2ac65f59e38cd9b
font_02_sfnt_off0001362e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1362E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1