Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a81a4ce5bcd918f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:50:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2cd8488993a9a5deb5c5f4ae89326848 SHA-1: 8398667fc90dc620b42637b57e39c8aa6aa63d52 SHA-256: 1a81a4ce5bcd918f305450374476708c3bed6cb69c5eee3263b20c7a15e38381
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 executing malicious code. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ed0bce614---40747147370.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/bugodesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/dipikakagilekaraxirigebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba66c376e05---xotuzovoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3e6efd837c89f6af884703da5ffd279/dukekoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/086a6745fd579006b3ca1940e96587cd/fedifapukesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdff88b266e---16230521767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.niengiamdoanhnghiep.vn/img_duhoc/files/61269088489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e05802909ab1665d4d50306fc270e4/18151296034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/67955905570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d0c84b7fd7fa4c6762036133d6c242/kerexirewemanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9b3ab3cd2a156a48e8b2c87b2235e5/58170699471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/jizimesakeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b1c6a1da3459e64e456081098d011bf/ritokozunizaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weforyou.it/userfiles/files/tonapido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnucleus.com/members/member_images/files/88041498194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b3467d1710ec19ff3b1ce3b8f088996/2248769725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/sonoworewoxerofilosakagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/pisegomoxovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/802f8d2790188ed3660920912db96793/laxofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096354f412e4---tuxifufovelefozalufiwilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/momolorozibos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f613f143e4b---48401779936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=kiran+railway+practice+book+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_off0000c6df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6DF 10868 bytes
SHA-256: d8e4a704d1d2a4bdb535360bce5941735c3c00f81cf1fd354a4d88359e1cc453
font_01_sfnt_off0000dff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f806.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF806 17972 bytes
SHA-256: 30639a78126b81257f6d036dc745a361617ed3af139388b01d5502878af21909