Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1933fd364158577c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0b6183911489dd0d2329803e140fe183 SHA-1: 31ec5bb8757a731547cea219bf9e38fb9bacd9ea SHA-256: 1933fd364158577c6c67dc597238ece2881381c34e9c02610cf4f5ab85c33bfa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, indicating it likely serves as a lure or downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aba9e1d3ec---94583752662.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/musifawijalawejojise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c87139bbe---nupodivini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2225355bff---75244523901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/tulovagexagonipuwegirixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25feb9114a---kiruruxatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/dutixewuxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e54da674988---panetarisevewasuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ebcdc26ed---mujulavufubulepodelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97e909d602---29520648729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c027894b1eb---xuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ab4812763---mebuxidutelofura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/803f0b062aa74da396569287f8802b9f/guvejexewafokuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/rosujusodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/10093139068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/50941166732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607948faaa058---51667665241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npjng248u2rogr6jq4cvhh2ec1/wajawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/gajelovisopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/bujuledepasajisotewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/pexekaferuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075647ddc750---mabire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/lidaloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3b034b9f---46059155607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e6dfdf7b9---46739364516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608663f8a5d2c---malugubunasotupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=baby+starts+sitting+at+what+agePDF 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_off000101fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101FA 16656 bytes
SHA-256: da61c867f7a604f10b98312e835b3e89903aed3b5fc9bd6a101b9dd32dc8b451
font_01_sfnt_off00012d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14543 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 60e6a9907026dd2eb9d95efbcf5c8b8f8e6458ea57337167840eba52e1e1353d