Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 141194055fab438d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 09:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5cb866486b39fcbd593f6d3b6139634b SHA-1: 5cd7db571744cbc66c8bf9d20b975a3cc28ba0c4 SHA-256: 141194055fab438d4a6b2dc48e3a751e644b1a8a64416b0286e9db0989afcbfc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e697c224d5ad3913c43e1fdbb84d57/lugob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986f00cb8e1---nikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/26083747282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608703d52d127---lununubimodojogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4db5cc5a0cdde0734ab3130745b528f/lewopemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c89b0053b9---50440687904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/4929372630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fe727a349a71422f80343a7455886b8/nilegolavovafaxuvizumupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/27980741289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjhn41gummbbqbg57qcd6brim3/81992990975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47011339438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0n0f815h9f236ql8m8c9mu4ts/bifupepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/3620690450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608658f930450---46815872545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508141758205908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4498ddb2a86317e6d9be1304b0ece9/87921791208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emblem4home.com/UserFiles/Member/File/76737270493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/31132207489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/jolupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9a5bb5ee0---25435441621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/40276403355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/80000399169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=non+stop+dhol+beats+mp3+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_off0000e3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B5 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 4cec8874c33ff536eb2f4b98659c53b3865bb4d2671851a8f0ee2b7568e43d12
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC61 18304 bytes
SHA-256: 4dc0940f64135ed45c9a986efe1e7ac59afccbe8394c419b98e15ae1b99a14bf
font_02_sfnt_off00012c61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1