Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1130d505033c0125…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 02:14:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d6dfcfdfef1144b8d76fe636695067a2 SHA-1: f1628feda5b9709174a16f11aaf2a715af33020a SHA-256: 1130d505033c0125e93e6b4373af4d3f61538e2a0d7af25cd43a35966d82a396
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba7b481e60d770416565addc3480d2e/29254930468.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/66292833385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/99234916421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/mobesonapuguwikajozewolop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/880745fc3d67b782d5bbe345f94ecea1/vebadakusakepasiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5e9242fc6---85964075882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/42631953707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfa710473a2---giwuwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/nepakuwuvopizizekoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/supemunefagenuwezama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2cabe43a5d5962477442dcf585ea3c4/85157202159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160dbf1b65905d---fokene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a033365aa23---20255624779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/basaganifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfcfaa3c6ab---redewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/pewebovakobososisiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/21211562327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blv9hj8a1rsoalrgk9alkd8g1l/jukowabupenupubota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezajipuvaxamuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec0752e151---71976427873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/37831983233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/jirifejofimaxiwuborot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b09075f7fe---61291666282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/19226244134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=progesterone+after+hysterectomy+kept+ovariesPDF 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_off0000f070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF070 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 5a961bb2cd5654fc33b3bc5a576616209fd3a3084417b1945f235ab02269fbb0
font_01_sfnt_off00011b40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13357 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 2e723c9a4789a087beb0532abc53dc9353d20f52556be559d3bbb90cf5de881a