Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04d1557959853c78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:23:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 091e9d761e1d928ab771e4a4bc793e95 SHA-1: 1c6d815273178014aab552eec6578ffcf5489de0 SHA-256: 04d1557959853c7860d726a7a5f056c32dc4ccd49d2489c4d67ef8bf1194001d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate that the document is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cf580132f31588d6f38912b122146d4/6869268152.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19f77e3d47eafe2ecd2384333290bff/masofopegipegavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/porixalunomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonerihned.cz/userfiles/file/45002362680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c958801f2a---35069317100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/91323307774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriagasthiyarastro.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/7726119547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhz.cz/user-files/53425492534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machulski.com/public/file/52410493547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898041e76e4---dewomawawonuron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/biwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/rafuzuserokopuzoxige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/018445a38633d1e8e9757ed67258eb54/tapagogari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brcassociati.com/userfiles/files/86610702423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829be0e11b7---refigetexotulodelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/40639017874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/26332568197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/potogonuwafopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/rojojexiniwukebawezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67351805328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/lotusezejosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcb66i2cfivida1a9257dd06i8/19123279701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf3ae8957b---91060936789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=myofascial+trigger+point+syndrome+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_off0000dd10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f527.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF527 11068 bytes
SHA-256: dbfcc0f7bfe0dad56acc573c34d983e3a6656313d9c8749b5661c0f69628ef31
font_02_sfnt_off00010ec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC4 18636 bytes
SHA-256: 0ddfbee1762b668d51082cec3d3d89a3a01ebd921a0aba6af597c51b2a48c37c