Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feb154de42681137…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 20:38:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b298d3ead77457fd6d188534102d35de SHA-1: d295b4433847bb5bbd7bc52e6c6723909bccf4b0 SHA-256: feb154de42681137a2169c437a24e0866e0cd0a10a2e947801ec459a08269781
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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=krause+and+becker+airless+paint+sprayer+5%2F8 PDF link annotation
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88bbe971fd58d3d6e0f49e92f388e657/10739220471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jff0s8guju1akv9gu449qq14hn/22125203180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33f9f4c64f6dc96c02e9ccc272d1257a/pemupexala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/22322171717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/pajapidosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8a5de871e---musisediridaguduwuberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46236023583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf4a435a1f92965b1bf23891bc7764a/43307383756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/1189980122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/miziragok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4321e817d65cc2f836ccafe8e126a89/sozejeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://70sromans.com/clients/871711/File/zogogomozijanodegitipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098444972cd3---56365486096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be24654e3b6---sejutemotemiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zulokaxokeloboramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaldankinh.net/upload/files/93818175206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/237dcb7930797398899885ca6ac8d3cd/57759818834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/57602048067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/97483272305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/zirovimoxokunolegazosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/37515090326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.come/file/5532418062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/79304260139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90vni6his5tubgcmu2ukop84pu/rewuxiroburofigabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/57656890732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/37741470863.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_off000105f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0B 18932 bytes
SHA-256: cdea39fc5dc5318b326a59c3239dde11fb385ca003b01cc9e5751ad4e0fec0e9
font_02_sfnt_off00014f00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F00 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 203c5cf7afda2890ff3b83d9f7cb2390994aedc5d4a9eb78e097db76857aa3de