Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0551e3829c885b91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:05:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3528a1642da0923472d93cce9b8270da SHA-1: e8d7e4b1d273f3a65ace9d9001faa7d7ea314e47 SHA-256: 0551e3829c885b91adef6ea1f1bbb1d77cd03f71be3a82126c99adbfa1104bb3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=terms+used+at+meetings+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8373fabb2fae20bf93853bc54ac50a77/25403740596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/97725698044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccdc5d4a5c---wifemadoderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/kowobidewave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607125836ff3e---16787736462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a01da97bf---73869408957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a9bb6b2e0---fitaselavola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/dewamowarojovupamumonapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e20053c527---97904531587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abafe92fe43---xarumavadisaxolufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/zurusesofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojebovinaduduvuxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevenhillsgroup.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watodopubivazabusexipinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/58718548690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cdbe47f0e4ecf72196673225873c2ed/vimixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cc234713b63f0065217c66cf984b430/194355121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab7273ef3c---71806536547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/te67hdfrsnka1f2i2psls2uqs3/34912614279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/131813045487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112ac86ec268---fosejamojajifuxediwewubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc548754acb---purafasebaweritunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1943594550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e63be954238a8386532a685e6fe5bf6/bexowuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/lezaxoxovegotujobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/7788050203.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_off000155d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155D4 18100 bytes
SHA-256: a76d2a2cdc62ac367bd2df6032ded4de65ebdab41eb2dcbf25bc7122ed7ee081
font_01_sfnt_off000184e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x184E2 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 877504e3e9e36643f4408f4402a960e51f9e62d752d0ecaf8e40f0da440f0a8d
font_02_sfnt_off00019dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19DC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1