Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05c51524e7a50ecf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-30 17:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 05b36a720e3fdd83b2dd92c9064bcd36 SHA-1: 37217fef914a60f697b1b52e6ffcf7714bfab658 SHA-256: 05c51524e7a50ecf27aeb851bafc380b6fa1ab515eedf11454e811b14c0da94e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phcst2hv26uip2binh7s667gvu/1355795202.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://polyacer-ecp.com/userfiles/files/20210622_062559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/39810685681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/fozodowasalakosofudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/81730297172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89041738405749e84ed4ba7d3642eb9c/62570408669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f58ac858b17---40267243265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73685823882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd52c4b32---wizoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/towogutiwibonogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19cd333b7f---vamorutojube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/33890261748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/kemutunene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents//files/5966839456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b299e0c91---jobokiwakolumiremuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zazemoxotimegezixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/waverega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/8352661700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/77150652384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/044lcigbf7osukm29a85no67r0/jisikopimejonino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/58686841803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/19755270370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/togalitejadiduwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f14e3a723d---xefujetopimor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/47807730085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=an+aging+population+reading+answersPDF 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_off0000f380.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF380 17236 bytes
SHA-256: 21864b69749ab88df1a62eac3bed5e3fdddb741660bdcaee5760273449d2be58
font_01_sfnt_off00011fba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FBA 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 2db710b7c975be669739544daefa48692f10658e1a9a9bf95cc6ded29694ace8
font_02_sfnt_off00013863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13863 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1