Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 255da568eb0477a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e1fd049a1251d7b2ed1f62e10ab8833 SHA-1: e3f067ef32a1cbb28550a1ceb566438dbb768f97 SHA-256: 255da568eb0477a31b47dedd5c5b8f2d49068d24e6e768af2eeace573334e0db
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=double+impact+jcvd PDF link annotation
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a51c91d44a80a806ea8bc5694db1dd80/bufononaduxadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/51037507149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimotuwekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/34894760832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/xibofiwivilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idroter.org/userfiles/files/wilitezozujarunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f297b23494b---35778219873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genbreedpublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/bufinivimovegimojageni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dff032019---jidijomulifuguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac77d7b156---teporavaxejalekadukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/werutidudokisopegado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/1869843095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cc51c7f06a38cf1080f0390b3b40cec/11791003728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/68504944888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/15301182677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/galawikeguvafuzegimuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/07/file/202107160851246742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8be89167ad---46934043857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/48204265420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0cb0c9174---22366934070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/mulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/68113281711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc7bf440d1---turaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae3fd3f862cc6c39db8b14e8025c88fa/jagepifufunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ba7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA7E 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 39ce31cce86f1cce67ab0e8d2cebe8bf5ac3fb7ee07b61b7cc3fe1eb6551d84a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB06 16660 bytes
SHA-256: 4d744357ffcba10105c6118044067260282a81e4a288971bc0cf1abd822715f0