Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00257c19a539fa65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:01:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0484fb44fe2132112faf0efb6580e5a3 SHA-1: fc74ef53cc0a1632eac38c88b5efc5be49fe3195 SHA-256: 00257c19a539fa65990a80a1e210f7ec1ae300da98f560b9999abfaf2ddf078e
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 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 exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v78fp97n0s9o52t5c6gh4islfb/pilojedeka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/disilozixutiwujixifanifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/56652857953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1a9f410ad---figale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099606ab907a---74932293119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812911d0767---jiwerorotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/35587373362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/89543337578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/98078369452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/bazakupajikivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk8l7h52b7oubfnduoeqeheqj1/86307839982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/345099e034c79d3ff4461b5e592a7f7f/20520193946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c16dea562df3bf32590f51959e342fa4/57189894859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0491ea7df1---lokite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/47047308995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9l866oovnvj1budngrtotfmirc/96851928045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128d400aefe9---furokapunosowavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/21543202334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab1516048f7d2e3d92500341179d456f/53862443659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5979f3c2a---58928061393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/40803696645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c20f8122e---loworowuwefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/ckupload/files/fonexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafoglia.eu/userfiles/files/vufekoginimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/latobusujiberarosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents/files/nasofolipofobalaborasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=degrada%C3%A7%C3%A3o+ambiental+conceito+pdfPDF 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_off0000c7f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE002 19568 bytes
SHA-256: 79436f1d14651b901a1409f352fa893e3cc04bd1c1430d3dbb72303a0d915afb
font_02_sfnt_off00011003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11003 11400 bytes
SHA-256: 511288c9379eed19bb750b1a06ff343c2f0be997dc51ceed79ab5966fa93e73f