Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05709ca91063d560…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-10 21:11:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a6ed16fc0affc9fcceaba318f7fdce54 SHA-1: 6fec3e9ec00c73ff603f7b6970829be16cb02795 SHA-256: 05709ca91063d5601d7cf402746b84c5be73531399db63ca141815b388a5396b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2522b8f85---43276760974.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48372cf2fe---radorawewatujuxisiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/kuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad23617330b415a12cc75a0cf29ccdc8/23707437377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021072523272779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redac.ch/upload/kiwumesovexomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecadb3a80f10a08ef3b56ff3e7ae5529/dagokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/weroxijovuwirizuzanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/vixuxeberagoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2648309233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/kiwoxamewimifobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/378dbd1bdf5a327bd2b3df652eaaaab4/2764769869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/jikoxibuzepaxodolupow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4c11a380623ed06f32558f4616e8d0f/pefenariketadubabelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojuzume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/xetukevirevigumekikija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26f9412429---tamawoduveravomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencelesaline.it/userfiles/files/jusibipeneromiwokibegofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinet-blin.fr/ressource/site-image/files/zufewawonekupabovirira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutskytools.com/d/files/89705135891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea2793054f---9516055779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holmeslawfirm-iowa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/makegerosolepelugetat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f31851a75e---24179345366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161111582757ef---dafoxatuvuzebob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+the+number+263+meanPDF 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_off0000f1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D3 11068 bytes
SHA-256: b6e2991ec2f4f2a77b663277c11c0616e5f584b4b0ebc652906c47812dea3f48
font_01_sfnt_off00010b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B83 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 1e366193379e487e44c19fca4f07e8ddbea7bb71f00b4efdcf58912ce3e60d18
font_02_sfnt_off00013753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13753 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1