Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8af87933449d610…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:36:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 1dd83e1fe3b6f9d8b945db8a5ac5535b SHA-1: 61e00921ab550968dc54c2eae310217adb372101 SHA-256: f8af87933449d6102fa2782a9e73a0e06034955f278e31efc803b08a60cbc7e6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' suggests a phishing pretext, and the ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/641abba76258e89f6e087e335f19a5c0/wezomobeteg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad5225a710---valilawalafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paliukenas.lt/i/File/45306812178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0m0s1tudtnfo7odg8dvehbo3nt/kiwigoradox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/34054245155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/26746171092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6669b54da660af936b13801971a5edf8/rixuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839f116e6c3---17753415110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/jimupilekikowava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.comadmin/file/webosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/bagebegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqp46siuc079b0evq23126a1hc/sitobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e9b9dc666---27581011559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vm4drvsc2rg2sipvmpmhia1st5/betexarepepawefodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fotociddn02tpji8ard6mdf6jp/rexozatitozovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/21683600774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f0c66c397---27619932556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dde834975cfb42953e6609244e6325d5/94528422314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajifufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcegs3gcs8j3nvihpojf180v1j/xadofekokanalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93a8506b6bdfd0e87aa3c716458e88e5/6763220042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/venegesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/pazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=1000+most+common+french+wordsPDF 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_off0000f6f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F4 16368 bytes
SHA-256: 9f060b9f5c5df6b47b20a37f830c887ff034cdc76936f863b101e4dbd65d5b89
font_01_sfnt_off00011df5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF5 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 3bd9639ad4622fdb5bfa53906be7cae1d781d9f7af037cbb91199057e7bf7f47
font_02_sfnt_off0001360e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1360E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1