Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f94b732fcc9c86f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-26 02:36:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e97ac99cc25907dbd10b1818c9ac597e SHA-1: c5639ef2d86b878649906dbce2b3d2339b786020 SHA-256: f94b732fcc9c86f05287525192fbf0623ffc845f77bfd5cc02d2da1fadcdfc6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/65373800079.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/96011017339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/leguxijuxuvimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/loken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/lorawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/94910166268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/nujinasexetatixomomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608195b702252---kimosutatifimojodizuzewov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6f960a342---17127327160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56460648779f4e193a489a449f5ec588/52565894405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/zugamelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45f7ec208b1ab36df7e6327d51ccee76/61415244727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kn0or3foji82in3ej58q7p1gi7/zeduliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/92556138901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66d2ca7ff0a7cf55aa1ecc264d549ae/53044997179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3801974a64e5ac1117bb67203ae80b0d/43577990281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbsdeltarho50events.org/clients/d/dc/dc3fcb918f61c9276c5829b035df2abc/File/mowugipuruxunegorera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae7e531fdc8fdbb4ab30534902773eb/82805166782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giga.sk/storage/file/wawomadomurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd928d454d---bitojenufigubirononawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80048208204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/xurefofoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9330eeb6025d46ce554209b2af82d47/28743568568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/31227452341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19b56f04f8---darabawasapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/97933734411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+turn+on+my+hp+wireless+keyboardPDF 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_off0000f135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF135 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010947.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10947 17768 bytes
SHA-256: de2ecfbc0d24e83d548c6ceda74c8e9b4b89d9a02d465adc25fa843c1394a4f7
font_02_sfnt_off000137f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F6 11180 bytes
SHA-256: bd2fc1a58d9a8f0a04ec8100745d58adc305aa9e832228abbf988fbd76d00134