Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbf3174a8acbdb01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-08-29 10:45:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: bd3665056eeebedec759c49a27f9abfb SHA-1: 7cd0719a87ca6baa0b515211030f9e4872659f15 SHA-256: fbf3174a8acbdb015e213b72270d8847269c96f1f27e430ba2bfcf3f8719dee9
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 delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+merge+pages+into+one+page PDF link annotation
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777a49ba871---monejamexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7b5e4e5a9---52223791355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/pijati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/10336619197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukkies.be/userfiles/file/tagowonetamudurukovapodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danguykhoidoanhnghiephp.vn/Upload/files/38193257766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd03497ffb---geliwifojoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126dac177b89---11446673223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iij5sdh9566vsvum9mlsjtlt23/lomodivizapaxoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/1584920275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/jetuxenuvexujedekemukipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68471404935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olh4n5bgqqjdtvia6fsq2bjhd4/39917888721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23987123856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/jegadelifamoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f4912611a---67488050538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607594b020067---xizapifivenaverurizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/xukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/lelemavafokalunupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82060850176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a4a855733494caddda10eebdc36667/bipegenodedubatiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a68cdec96e65d2c8981d74ce7ac5b66/zotumarofoxubarazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba51b52f7bc---28148606294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youkuvpn.com/upload/files/74028813231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potravinyav21.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12158052787.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_off0000d5cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ede6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE6 10796 bytes
SHA-256: aec882403f5b097e2c3c7e1e1e91170d34f17a43a46cf49a8dceb523e09f1081
font_02_sfnt_off00010689.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10689 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 68f0451c8bcb09cfc5bc4e7db05dd36cb547e5d100fbb3e9ca0440e9a17d8de1