Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feef8922365159df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:04:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6be2702ac82949708fc0da264f9786eb SHA-1: 2b44f00eeba7897f5d0c628906de7e7ce9db4d80 SHA-256: feef8922365159df7210e2bbd28bdacfe7f91120e4694c0bf29246d45d0f87aa
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 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 0.9942

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=coffee+constricts+blood+vessels PDF link annotation
    • http://pensacolahigh1964.com/clients/1/1d/1d652d7f5bd5fd2f3712913460b20393/File/77596301241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5492bfc33d90dafb76b6e8635c2b0f7f/18347397153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078feac8c18c---6483348021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/kavusipenedagutiweredizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chrvdmrglhqsdijqe0vhj8neq4/85550531294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b96a30dae3f---44433180926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3526e4c5bbe6989a4d9f12e7b1ea536/safuwonadudimetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/denidasobitedal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/kapibawulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/88024929507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9e6a74b93---53456103565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0c9b2bf86---57813459485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca109bd74d---98702057680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e5b0a9d08---polabuzizesagigofagutebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d958a1d0e8---bibakifiwonuzoziwekuwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/70327317232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b5296e22a---wuzuxagowibefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/69855512960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e876c76953---fuxevugojixalibutunilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63922471666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b25ec04c7b---jojura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878b86bf3d3---22136061165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fb787cb6c---denifavosabaradigaxagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/narug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e28cdbe82c8---ratatijisosefotozarobam.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_off0000fe2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2D 17444 bytes
SHA-256: b15d06f0cf9b29321e9d7b26bc3bcb6cf6d6da42b6f2b818d1c0882d92c3355c
font_01_sfnt_off00012c37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C37 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 4cc7366936b69cf20a0b48afc4629e66c57ec90802f29941613d0e48a71c007d
font_02_sfnt_off0001446e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1446E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1