Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feba9c3abf051515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:22:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1baf05a754759c0f4fca4344dd510bd6 SHA-1: d53f8fdee0079d2a4ae8d2dcfdf6060d0d3ecd83 SHA-256: feba9c3abf05151535757492b643a2af57b9e5e21e2575f51be94a9f0e38405e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://herfon-machinery.com/images/ckfinder/files/20210628055224.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d943276fce---87673855247.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707703ad397---10167901535.pdf
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28858391323.pdf
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/31245508008.pdf
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/mejalab.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28a8f09f46---79593253008.pdf
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/413c81853675aa342bef26f7538a1df0/rilerodafijilidomomeliti.pdf
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/juwapipubiserobebupadum.pdf
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/54295074347.pdf
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/71114687089.pdf
    • http://broadmoor79.com/clients/864886/File/vafetatemugusuduwages.pdf
    • https://pierreseche.fr/userfiles/file/muwejutekefazupe.pdf
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/jexekofawixabaxokibor.pdf
    • https://www.aicsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xivapeduginesu.pdf
    • http://htcable.cn/d/files/33983883632.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0782dea372---jeviliwamirikebanasaxo.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aef105phlsv2f4ua7r36593t7/farinizunufisonosuwapusuv.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/618f34a766348a841988b41e91e0088a/nomawimivilew.pdf
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/74538451758.pdf
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/dinirunumaxetebomuxazuko.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqcvrsngq12otg6n4638q1ink2/folakorijevotawex.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=letter+of+recommendation+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b843.bin
aab4fdec08c8fbc62d3695a04bc2464b8a5dc756194b133ea72365b77be10802
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB843 15548 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df87.bin
ecedf4c83b9703c7982aabf3cad61de2c93b1a123705d9dd7adc662fcbd4137a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF87 10524 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f76e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76E 16792 bytes