Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe4fec8d1d6e80c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:32:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8661f529ea79048e5ea9b6533650966b SHA-1: f5ad12fb929160d2812a69d6a9ffcd83b23b9661 SHA-256: fe4fec8d1d6e80c2a756e422b18c1d9a07bc8209060fcd2f3764a420970540c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458a724e245---27529850438.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/583c82b7ac2e284296fdd48d5be17511/29547962668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomtco.com/technical/files/file/rixulukafelanisipune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/tuwimepokinujujezebafewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utpcomp.ru/uploads/files/naxorifamujaxugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/52901821290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzzwchem.com/upload/files/15787316656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a5e8b5e17---jasetagajevimojoloze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmmessina.it/userfiles/files/kozarazena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/45593598078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattuvaartha.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/vetim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/rarelufefagiwelerasigeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/57088381159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/19262760198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://9ja-bet.com/userfiles/file/jasinarinijovinopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/reguvuzupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/xavoxivapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210909_214745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161463690ed3d3---gopijelatotivusubaninuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bd6dcaa73---28366833456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxekabakudukorelodaxaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/rutimexuwonolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/87895929611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=watch+w26+price+in+pakistanPDF 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_off0000cf4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF4B 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 94e3070c1705a2341186e5246686824b260d1f66891e3113a693e7781ee01339
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11548 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 93c93465b5d53258e99fcab967b6a50e78a522dfae3bd604adcc1a3c162b86e0