Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f978a23e4811baca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 85a981d9f7ed527d5a90aebe7959c191 SHA-1: 1ab58e6b0f1ea2a43722b180c669fe4a45ec81f5 SHA-256: f978a23e4811bacab591e909070a70f23f4e9f4c715be9e3532c72403c132a13
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=amish+tripathi+sita+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/niberudefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baddd8dac3271738a78f3c825d3e53a6/xatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876a22530b0---mivulewuzevubosorasivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/ck_imgs/files/73853094231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r58bl3l7d45239sq9dku1i0r8s/15265800313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/37337162924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd63b76bf3d---26156385076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochoangthanh.com/upload/files/58691732627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f58be7e243---vexumogijutomunigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluefashion.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89865839041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc7ecda441e55ab66564faa2c6fa30c3/11160744125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126a858ae85e---83771405845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021062403140773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2921582ea4---73783420144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7e4ad871eeecd1b91d448d1006e780f/91708292849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96105690482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilewufujukunavebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schuetzenfest-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/76650338255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/16182965894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/pexevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb915d64a7---86875114471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propellerclubsandiego.org/uploads/files/lorubomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldekpcq4vvdlgfem3o8c5dle06/baxije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luthier-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50275484482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda0a690758---66913944585.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_off00010f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4F 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 80e03534b706e8171d886873d7069a494358d65a630abbfee69044f1cada4cff
font_01_sfnt_off00012718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12718 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F2A 19008 bytes
SHA-256: c875e4cfa302b31cab682f12753cb03470172d3df358eb0dfd1cfdfcb0d69e19