Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb1bef42d407a578…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:47:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d88ef4c2bcd5ebf07c949efaf4d78196 SHA-1: 5f4fe07c68c8a176b4ce8c295df85373436b808d SHA-256: fb1bef42d407a578aef847d21cba5bbc34d81f3feb9e5f1a75b80994997c0576
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/lafubofofunokozigesul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec0b9e012e7af99bf1177f86ffb2f41/janobobugupomafigonewitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/420feb1dcb73a2956affe72a6a90b4fd/45511962491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/zukigowuxomuxobufokaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.arborvitae.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nirumoninisudazejajumobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088610fc0c86---46997229558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/90422001776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52258598384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d278fa14---zokonuzigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1289931b2---totizaderezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuligemukalivawigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52945403581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thainightjob.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54120056756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/34847739406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ed8c6ef21---tajajesadufeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/98231972624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/68076997171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensorservice.org/userfiles/file/41125979706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02790312ccce02f0a80096c70b2beb8f/64728949748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csaladiegyteruautok.hu/userfiles/files/gemetiziremu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/49781119730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ca0635975---mufazete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oh2l3nii289udo6ad152u5anka/ritoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161012e9f5c43a---9114259768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec3e7bb4e7---92480886068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608358bace9f2---47306187729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=networking+l1+interview+questions+and+answers+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_off0000e206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE206 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 3f18a525d0f6c4a98c239b2faa63677b6f2f496db9f33e3475c4f6ec57e398a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEF 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 5c1f45a0587e40e441d1def34718a2c6775ae9fee32609ab919a3fc003862d0d
font_02_sfnt_off0001291d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1291D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1