Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff924f1cfb9a9de4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-11 03:41:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6371efd6431aca3c2e5b807a4eb70321 SHA-1: ae8e582ea2967072e441d48b631d9769dd0d7ab4 SHA-256: ff924f1cfb9a9de4e858e041a2a9b16b48d3a007e2d1080b949def73b6055612
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=los+verbos+transitivos+e+intransitivos+en+ingles
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/46516614426.pdf
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r63mglotbri8g8i8rhhlvg32u8/fenutuvodaxim.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb55888d9ef---pujuxadasafewojuwame.pdf
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/un96dd7oug05chsthdakvbamj6/noluwunudanemuxa.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e99ce5ad741924ae9c93f7aca48e562/peditujixa.pdf
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/50123181913.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b52585de9---zoneko.pdf
    • http://dlshixiang.com.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvisu.pdf
    • http://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/baripekusapizumanimirob.pdf
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/70338442427.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2758c7f0f9a4d76761c6a8f04756d9d6/95044866712.pdf
    • http://thejosephinebryantfamily.com/clients/48776/File/68238122118.pdf
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/48833805160.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab045856291---lugunagelebo.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacecac9fee---zixedisalisajem.pdf
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/62042705685.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3cipg4vp6oodgl6jfj2l23n4s/degumobite.pdf
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/kudizetexirogamefuboxubij.pdf
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/58400077649.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a21e56f5a---92391055955.pdf
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95034231146.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b82f45faf---verakiduzo.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_off0000f659.bin
0804658d62caf5daeee1adddcda3a247dc39d630fb86a3349e5d7fc6bbd2eefe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF659 10444 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e2f.bin
486d99f8726ebbfe74a072fcfcb38073123de16abc133922e79b4020236a832b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2F 18692 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013cde.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CDE 16792 bytes