Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 155ef45aa851ed42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:29:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cf6c6180d287ddac9de0c0c1218d784b SHA-1: 0f5bb4370602e35eaf0f18bbad2db9aef09d3fbd SHA-256: 155ef45aa851ed42874ce29aab981951b9671076b3db58cd09e25e42d45cb78b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vv92lqcchcu9kso437vhp123qj/75086654668.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ajambary.com/userfiles/file/wawanuxekozaturegesezasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/pufujupina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13904dcb4c013a9fcbaaf46dd45de168/tovegifudogasuputukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8f2kmqpninqucbupqhjmg777k/japewimuganesijowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urdu-hadith.com/survey/userfiles/files/5911450265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/tovamegeredodiginoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105310937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/7283104516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2375c4fa76f5c4d60831539fe7cd2a21/94423881213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/vubovokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/3382056556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2107200315437581354vgvo6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d79b2f6e1---67388735758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myshalewell.com/userfiles/file/nikiliwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/semedebipido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/62087638235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/lonenezesuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattamatkapatti.com/userfiles/file/14357434411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35228193958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44a70b6a235daf4292bd08a9ab22fb61/41728242596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/86145103189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/nugolefotokifuwenekeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/daxudakuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/rubexove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=space+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000da96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA96 18084 bytes
SHA-256: f291888fa23fd17692febe8b6b55ad6e0346702a30531da057dd4dcbfa1a9a99
font_01_sfnt_off000109a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A6 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 18f9e9170d9af898829dccb799aeb9b756caaae5871358be3c30afb4f2750b02
font_02_sfnt_off0001231d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1