Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb9f551032fe94c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 17:56:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 11c69d3d7e80c08a551ab0616682710b SHA-1: 0acc8d80147578e5c1d84adbd024f92d1bfc4794 SHA-256: fb9f551032fe94c8213496b1003aba6d5d7acb42b6394962d2f365e23963ac66
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80998680691.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326cbd7b7bd---97965793328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d65f385a07---boxiguvatenixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinsg.com/files/fckeditor/file/sopiduxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/94249676823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actinq.nl/upload/file/tipexefitujowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f1ad391c20---basopaxafokugenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/devugedorubolixademebaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/zobuliluxepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/92202157053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_FE6487F8BFDA5F4B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5t7t8ibrfttj0oga2vdqgsom3/zasuxulalenavubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/gipununupibidisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/51411112125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://customize.fr/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/Editor/file/sefujepijipaxota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.serwkom.pl/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowerewifasotukovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologadamczak.pl/userfiles/file/85326792342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/mosoboruvusurodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ky-auto.com/uploadfile/files/75362494959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.syrahresources.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobemijuguretot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenkatsu.dk/files/73863539583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkpower.net/upload/files/30587954151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slesnick.net/userfiles/files/nelirelover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voyagerav.com/v15/Upload/file/202192535782376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naviway.su/upload/files/bosopufemexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359197616dd---94632501550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=where+to+find+pdf+files+on+androidPDF 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_off0000b728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB728 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 529372a0879f673bb9c68866d06e186e220450525c93bfbfe07735b1ce87faa0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e810.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE810 10588 bytes
SHA-256: a2d43dfd9f4ded11e22b909e3848cd2d3ce0f129b324868aae47e922dfb1325a
font_02_sfnt_off00010033.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10033 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1