Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 255b33488b193334…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6a765d3356d220c4031c0f2ca2605b33 SHA-1: 7b4b7cc2978ce158beb0dd57eb028854b001b501 SHA-256: 255b33488b1933345d52f0cea077e9fd5ae1ca7b5a849a17c966f70de7d349b0
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://warungmimpishio2.com/contents//files/jibedu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kanat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/surefikegufulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/37773441462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/banafijusizakoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e10ee3517e---rujeletisaxafuwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17752416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/87472976442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b22a7fb2add66e1778ff6ef2f1f857b/64612249699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilenuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/regixixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mingyi-lock.com/data/file/userfiles/files/sitovuwelibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892bf2d7f7a---giliradudesunezutubirixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/tiliwawugojujabupavizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/nipasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49784006212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ea27a87e8---96244045166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90a79b9466---18475601962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01468aa6c7---luvigorenevefokilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ps-chiptuning.hu/userfiles/files/40273046259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/bubenuwikupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53d310ab615cb3319ab16c709f41b30/40456164932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/sovoxugibijararekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=wonderchef+food+processor+manualPDF 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_off0000e19b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19B 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 75aff476518f5d1c8361b1ca03b373a9fc7bc6dd61289cedcbcb93be05709ff9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA3C 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 1b680a007e26d5e428d09e25438514148e2b3ad5722078cf6a9251df2bebd444
font_02_sfnt_off000126ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1