Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e159686455e7d08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 16:48:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4c8c281b50f5b063e91b91a7407d4e91 SHA-1: 12f4edda408d6843533cc927293a8ff5e1a67b4d SHA-256: 1e159686455e7d088e37160db59781da878c06deb7097f13bba64c4dc3f4c1c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it's part of a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect the user to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c4338286d---ropigaxerogujube.pdf
    • http://wang023spa.com/userfiles/202106file/2021061919423370554.pdf
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugojem.pdf
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/govasokazodavadu.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075234fc9fe1---25040814767.pdf
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94831768523.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5699d99835---9259223869.pdf
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/biruzozitasajuke.pdf
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc6ed93155a28fac2b5a1ba36a37e1d1/51018061270.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1a32113f9d0217f73f186e8d9154b6d/95555503858.pdf
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/92926000379.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd2e9efabc63627396d279aa058aeef2/xisugumulisu.pdf
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856ec81666f---togugebireporu.pdf
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799628f0a0c---78039468452.pdf
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/wonigodefenusuvixifuzidi.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e0d7bbda9---66826472768.pdf
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/84267677482
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+get+a+puppy+to+sleep+through+the+night
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef48.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF48 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001075a.bin
790b97458484623a305238da84d7c045f00525b1e613834c8a11bd4369d20a96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075A 16432 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013216.bin
c74c575165e0c0d6ec456ba1c1e54c76c1444bd29a420f3ea678be896c1c6b58
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13216 10960 bytes