Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05a75996fb4ce129…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 14:46:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d4a9c163692626bcada748a90c66feb5 SHA-1: 0bc268df9f282529586fed65785327afcb8f27a9 SHA-256: 05a75996fb4ce1299ed21865c6c44982cd13142505a00d0e4a46f37e95e25206
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=collision+lab+conservation+of+momentum PDF link annotation
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be97afcbdf4---87510849174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51fe3203b3db0b683af0c006056d598c/12631925856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad00ca25db7---6664347772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87256380365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepoem.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-07-20/edf25500cf83802038da2f117272af54.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/fajajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nagsa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28506796223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867db96fd95---23284344853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cb4dbc28a---29076633323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99teqe32747lp6uulpg61s7ej2/lodunikitufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/tawovinarag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeight.net/UserFiles/File/ketifubuxovibatutiluwufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff72a31ee1---jiduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/157a3784dcf5a1d72d8964092254d4de/99187332624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/kumutunuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/ruxutojalelenebimutagifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/60427530714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skspiti.com/userfiles/files/67363387760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ressourcengarten.de/azubi/userfiles/files/kavusupagubinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e062e44283---93601608982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/romuvekatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa7jb3qhf4le90v6bp3245hibq/37781572758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/903a59381cfa79f8b1902a4d07a54116/xazokix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3c817986ddaa13f2ef0a0d3d294d195/51376853073.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_off0000ccea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCEA 16264 bytes
SHA-256: 15eedbb812fac84530d44f5de24e631dfbd3962db24cf9121edaffbe5aa6fb52
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F9 10836 bytes
SHA-256: da9c7a09dbb27dfac44484ca074f1c17b6c65649b28e9ca3be338b66b586fe64
font_02_sfnt_off0001100a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1