Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f908fd352aef17e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 09:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1d758428d75e1316ae6bbc831ef04811 SHA-1: a38c8a01232fb05f0d261d60cc1b80eb9a372526 SHA-256: f908fd352aef17e75ffca7373af0728d595f8bb069e33f47564b87a5221ee2a6
164 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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are presented as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tygarts+valley+regional+jail+inmates PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161009cd759b1e---mepufujiwidufolipevusofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbfe7b898903abbf3954111b16848ee9/wagekavezafanalemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/jaremolugurupupekorupubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daearesort.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_491A1091410AEBA0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/gosebagogekesupeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17b90c9792a60f7eb81802ab373dcd99/85275724911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81723519683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantarefides.ro/admin/userfiles/file/futekasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9ea7ee86b1d1941f1af8cd4061a9843/59044753450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/73428520458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5fea8b6171---jozopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentralperdana.com/file/9332915919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/30969997718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d90c177cd6---29420396363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/64364426208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daegyung.kr/userfiles/file/20210728151449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92bbf03b027c0a1dc24d3068f93fa6e7/21195869389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/96025934910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e8656936d4fb6b5a80bd8eb91788360/64990475362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e3c52a80eb876e0e34e8eaae76f1d6/gebofuvudupaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents//files/68043240367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a10otajh8fmfp3pua2tm6n08dt/jurajofuwerirali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00014a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A06 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 9267b7273d28d22c99284de356d53480e544e132544925ef6864e2d447e941a7
font_01_sfnt_off00017736.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17736 10724 bytes
SHA-256: e15b1475b509355f4fa5d60d843132ed084481df03af20c86cc5cb1239c18b37
font_02_sfnt_off00018fd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18FD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1