Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0587443e68a4119d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:13:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d255246f8e883c4c1945501a185513ff SHA-1: a6438786816bd3a6149a86dafacfd580708133d3 SHA-256: 0587443e68a4119d519b390061e6ca03f356ac2432d2f64e1e05a3be2a17f538
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload, while the link farm serves as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0d28a80e9---86920273649.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6849d992be16ad6af20376bfdb083cc9/gulinowewisubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytexas.org/clients/861060/File/41135465276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babezesuwobokebelumabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/desiduxolatopazugawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099dd1481902---jivufokariram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce37085889db00324a45b0b81a58764f/kejumolubiroxapubeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/zipuxekotusidowato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/xanowoledoboxaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/92081483109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef6eba58a6b6e133d1b6a5efcb0944ff/zugujojosadorewebixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/zimewitenewabusus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/697869b84c9e7c084fbbce0b93c13376/wusobufabedenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/14323154904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/2000126888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db96a6ae88---31440019010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teyadegitimvideo.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bazaxijodoranalubupagele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/31457178593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hse.tw/upload/file/sepuzefegufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daearesort.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_1CA328633E7E09EC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21773d65f9---vagateli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1d4229db0---fulopafisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl5c7sobakh54cg5aegg6g8db2/jonogemodefarejasadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a580879afac---wexogamaxuwodimivibisasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24091575473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d01914e301a4dbc67a437e7b1280b1b/66787251894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=contractor+contract+template+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_off0000db3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3E 10552 bytes
SHA-256: cea39613c712a1861314f3803ad8cc17475fc6d8716bfc767917e27f0ec0e833
font_01_sfnt_off0000f34d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34D 17068 bytes
SHA-256: c46f899150aa69c285d5dce07ba6c315ae732fe1277d6d88c133db88760cbe8b
font_02_sfnt_off00011f07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1