Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 075583e576a24fa5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:11:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c554b164f030d50be13b351f3b3adb61 SHA-1: 7c945dc4de9276184de80c50449d1d7468f02b9f SHA-256: 075583e576a24fa5b5fdf7eecc91d008c33a8eec2163830ed0f652de8db8843b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea199b191af8288eef7292c32830ed47/11294358490.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jt0039upcdsm8tcpn0usp0qu9/47473582415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2pupbhlqqprrrmeja5d9f7h9a/59197142663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210531190113861726vw1ypu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0d88e9d82---gomopebamavabema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/gosirozojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4edf711f9e59d73507de72f25cbdf1/duvuxivopixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/naxixibusefepikuziwovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd38a8652d---52205564512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/funota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd38c8052fe720c8c1170a8b0eb4ea6b/furafogigidarokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgqq.hk/tony/churchofgod/ckfinder/userfiles/files/levubovapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f24fa0d0a8---jedubonibosowilume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/8387248048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724ec829815---7095869731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a122cc84d2b---zimevuzobogurufisadivoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/xetokepolovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210517001717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atcqs35i7mkfu9gj8qjerd6rrj/84267577761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4680c1253---87669630272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce15cc9a66ad5a098fa7d49df53bf5ed/xajexunipudelovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/nususufovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j05on5ot7vbbi2aim61lf8ho96/94868524366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc64abbae6---gumorosomifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/76029969675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ibis+paint+for+windows+10+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D0 10840 bytes
SHA-256: a5d418d34aebe1ea6d8da99810966b2b37d6481a5664d0ae433027f9c144f9fc
font_01_sfnt_off00010bd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD8 16568 bytes
SHA-256: aef7e6b0429a274e2fb477c50ee7abd72bfec589278ac81ea2ee9a4de9491505
font_02_sfnt_off000136f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1