Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe1f23d83205d97b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 22:08:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 388b62eeb7a82ccaebed305df8bcbfa2 SHA-1: f1e2061cfcb602d999440327c3bbe982e6bfde1a SHA-256: fe1f23d83205d97b70d949a63b5e1345f209ba67f37a06ac151bd05c7574c826
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609578cf75bb2---60966844232.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/robifezinerafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q5p69gf0srjuh85d0orqlv2h5/97110822886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/88642476898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38085859203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a115a2186cf---wizijivuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/zokumonasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/45779222997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo26uvpoeecs6ju4j6q8qdpr20/81005685514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/xafimegizudusojimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lukili.ch/UserFiles/files/94404621370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/3108711396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32eda43dd399c736cc8668f8a48e63a2/60392310885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b527ed6ff82045b6a0b4a8c749643854/magotudijolutefezezekewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e6f880ea3---9560405906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936d1813890146fc6840aded37bfc696/4897676819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce497553e7---24881037191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a6486160b4829fce2a2a947b9ff2134/2367077286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmqhjkhljatrdvk051lf18m6dq/58009887915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/golitiponuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyfestival.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39322832435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/48097498527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203esps5r9u6g5n92mpt593lt6/kenadezalibupujuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/26016512944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c151ebac4540e2c3d9e852ecbe650467/69897312832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=physics+class+10+electricity+notes+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ead7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD7 17864 bytes
SHA-256: dcbbaaac28e9eff64e20d0f5ae35d4cfea43a605b72f31672f60fee8420e2da1
font_01_sfnt_off000119bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119BB 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 629677e45faedee601e08dfe5d93bed8cb2cbab2933fb40e48fc5543807047de
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14708 11008 bytes
SHA-256: d58ce865b1f2001c50148c2072429983d6a85e694718caf75e0bb11a961def7e