Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1513c552f39b5dc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-15 08:07:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8b4aac2d650cffe47449d73b1d14d26d SHA-1: 65f0e0f9c610529b737aca41a5e5f78d17cf7e6a SHA-256: 1513c552f39b5dc27c319d57cd1d874d2ed5c5a0a2395a8d6e208f953e9a3c91
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c8403a8350739fa160b852831757ac3/55098593663.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021051620595423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vizefunazamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonthephunglan.vn/upload/files/82888133316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/pamebuzijosawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/50757722667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f01888972a5---xolifafivozipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonellascarpittadesigner.it/userfiles/files/62565532624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/revexutitafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5e655fa12bdc9cdf63205e40be8f34/galegumaxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608634f50d636---nekovubomaduruwuvebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210628070255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/419eae152d619d868952054ad67bbd63/46674201829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48707819247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/watefakekomoxazava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74724765931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b26df1c926fe2cabd1f7b4bb57ce230a/81876465049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/68602613487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2817f9a4ce43ec451cf185e2673937ee/94854039148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/27071660914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/temavudodasejivipipadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1970d23d1---4717776462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=best+whatsapp+android+to+iphone+transferPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f479468c12---vatovuv.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_off0000edce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCE 16216 bytes
SHA-256: 60cc7fe1ccf6a731908889b262dec57ca0ce741418396344a6b7c10808f0a85d
font_01_sfnt_off000117b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCA 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 5457007730b57bec104809842298d0a35149e49dda0b886092c4499ada91a8a3