Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1da52d8d4e82395c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:07:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 51338706e82181f950c991b085e68d32 SHA-1: bd7a6bd270f1578f47e20b307e47f3f87498d8ae SHA-256: 1da52d8d4e82395c0a9e2f2e60c8c4e4319dd1a9277daf84ae6d63c51e5be1fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7f91349j3oc43j0brujdtvhi2/biposeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3081b8ae70---savavubizemabelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8j4gr89lnusj9e2d3eafvusgd6/23742382439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117dc4420a80---defejuwero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/durabosanikasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/vufaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d2ce465646656ae1f47990b54d1103/jefomadesijezatewefepibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuviwarinoruxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161168bbdc51bf---14606180519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42912717ae---18687286460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents//files/54693628853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8be25644c---mofakiwixazesefelumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/735f7dae0509dda2855ed9366b8d5837/jadivepofevaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzataregakidesezekimofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomomotoruzidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0e70346d6---suwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/80044250185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee680192e5---jasefisixitukumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/jolitufupuvarirobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d871579c7a3---93047703293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/koruresezekubotegutomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ccengis.be/applications/ckeditor/addons/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles//files/paviridowetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/rutibogulopudugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=funciones+matematicas+en+excel+ejemplos+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_off0000d4c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4C8 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 0d712f2fb8f0c13456c70868899d193cfc87415584c9e526b5f32da2ee9f83d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE49 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 3e1cf9f769a2ab8a8aee109416381111b53ae5be8cdc5a316c0d5bfbfee1eb73
font_02_sfnt_off00011dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1