Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fde579aedc4cad30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 00:06:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a817fb5f276b8397e46c496e711ef2d6 SHA-1: 90901a90f4d23ccffd5f702df0431218db1d294f SHA-256: fde579aedc4cad30f8582db60afc004449563489483be20fceba7a377742d829
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are used as part of a link farm to obscure the ultimate destination, possibly for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=west+african+drum+beats+mp3 PDF link annotation
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d23e005821---18108733710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutritie-metabolism-sanatate.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/64482696327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe6debb68b---12435856685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d928ff025dd572208ce9c1dc73a5ad43/25072992824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/60009886275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/10549505744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensacolahigh1964.com/clients/1/1d/1d652d7f5bd5fd2f3712913460b20393/File/40516304146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/majedimetazisotive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/91931356891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb2824a2a1---86574356870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/bixupajigefojujibeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1a7edf513---detotivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.ru/upload/xajazobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9778376fa---75678856965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/63487597225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pka68jeaenqe3vutisrtrjfn6f/zapolufikeworunarapavepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubapokukebetawasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75625097600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozikalemojofazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed0775860cb0815c9efa14d8b9d682ed/gosobatevemekorukig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piluzunatuziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a46f33d58---49551156805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32f116be91---40278115544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57e6b9584b8de94e7d9098012f585ed3/62671171469.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_off00010b85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B85 18080 bytes
SHA-256: 7f50cc634e354d46e5b127707ec026be2154976ada2d1c49d3219dac5ce09293
font_01_sfnt_off00013b67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001537e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1537E 11020 bytes
SHA-256: aa350d6d9b3546ba208979d7f1915952054f77d4a66af50a41cbfe16db645787