Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb4d71b9e99f25d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:49:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bb601a6253cd3331143fef6ea610f984 SHA-1: 48223efca75a90ae5ba9583194245936c9d1a4bf SHA-256: fb4d71b9e99f25d049f18ecb71eec69a437e21bc3d5f82b04ba02940e1a3b97f
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 large number of URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c6417e766---51992806947.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/ladilawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079158bcab99---26496466429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/63375312695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqrr4p4pqifqjg71m3r842am90/86989020525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb8f8767dc5---tegevuwezaputukak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d30g9525qqkk5jf3an6orm562/bedufolawadalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letstravelforacause.com/miet/assets/files/81971846252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a05c634c6---43819980032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.org/contents//files/gokalinatana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/24124053515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prof-cosmetics.com/upload/files/13947917742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/34605452565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesprotia.gr/uploads/file/rademem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/fugajopukimigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49178533891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/64536324051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b451c1357---ledilifuputebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d4580ea4b244fd4c4ec3c532f93ad43/10829729575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210814/file/16288754424863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c932e9d217---71152330327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thueotodn.com/uploads/image/files/51780904400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desoridolezujubosuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/sefemopafiwetidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=selena+gomez+you+promised+the+worldPDF 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_off0000d9b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B6 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 1e244cb83f6618579db357ad476ae4ff0c0dc3774dd0ee268984f8cc0036d819
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D8 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 6676ebb5be44e13ba456fe3c8395d1faee20992fc19bd347d8bdaea824e64bad
font_02_sfnt_off000121d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1