Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05206ace578dcd5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-10 02:54:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5a16c217d51d46b854d7eb9da5b058c0 SHA-1: e7755bb84a7a3d56ff332bae82710fac97d1c69b SHA-256: 05206ace578dcd5d72e151a507abcfc92419c9d06acba4510d7d643dac8ecff7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF also contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, likely intended to host and distribute further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing and trojan activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/24366062201.pdf
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/18407180784.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833ec3a915---vajisafakixurapomi.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa0b99b20b---36173313938.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ad21c6173---54586995630.pdf
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3krp3p3aeirimtirt5189qb5uv/52804377053.pdf
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34906519117.pdf
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozedaseme.pdf
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71a659476d8facef688430e072a20b46/12066979877.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f5d1327e4c5373c2d2a6622c88ee6ba/xasenilumusaxujoz.pdf
    • http://clinicoral.com/img/userfiles/files/51507745903.pdf
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f691d65962cf7fb26a86349fa4cab94/pebiwepabefi.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dd2cd73d4---58486949464.pdf
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mdvq9ff47tmgp1r9ohc7t339u/nezajerovifasufawojavujix.pdf
    • http://teknis.it/userfiles/files/supabulerigipubimamejolo.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609458235c6b2---39632667720.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a467f5ef69c---73349750670.pdf
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7edd54c7b1536295731352e809d7c8fe/95401790153.pdf
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aig6dim0580kjqk7hkkcqiled/38523441326.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a122a281535---xoluwifitefuvulos.pdf
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/14895280904.pdf
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq39chva8r2s0ratqqv9vep70l/45693566647.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+pdf+as+picture+on+iphone
    • 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_off0000f3bf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3BF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010bd1.bin
648254dd88ee8e039a32b8a756ec289f905cdce84b653522aa3104b7c5f2bba5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD1 17472 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139bd.bin
aae890230239fdec1ce2b1df72448a6557cbbb154741247dc69dc10165094ebe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139BD 10912 bytes