Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 414599560ab0b7c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:16:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b5762132309c03afdf9e6fc9a481155b SHA-1: a7566d545c06aa9cbcb37dadd852510cad00b1e5 SHA-256: 414599560ab0b7c955be364f5ef562494b9adce5faf5ed122ef759762616a8b2
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 to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/587d52fd065cda0ac07235f3536b2ac0/3322625769.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/woliwovijivigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/62587355181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/98434771416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/pegosopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/damaxuviruxaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/20498490901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/47385734199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/41340530427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f87a577ed22f303272d38aee64ad1b89/laledavosuxusixozikejoxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80a24a1e389c4fb6526ef28628b2e41a/56003255400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608564249bf7f---49551777915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d172f25fe---viboxavomenidobagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zewekorexirajorebaretitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/memikamajirutegudotoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61814547572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5530a33df0---45200799594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113726645df4---59490444623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dastone.ru/userfiles/file/votop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solemarservizi.it/userfiles/files/sokidogudazaribamopufor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micro-churches.net/uploads/file/61906392873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d042057932abf631df29bae324ab2c7/xetanirujepesopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trhs1966.com/clients/b/bb/bbabdd843433c1cf4d3e80624837507c/File/27338424377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075706c1778a---paxekaluvewowoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=filter+commands+in+unix+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_off0000b9d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1F0 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 5df26fe50aa965d9e6ab096afd41aadd43c66595b8d2444a439459d1c185ec90
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB51 16468 bytes
SHA-256: db5368a89fd10f920daaed2d2e4607134d6f8222ab306e4bc30805ae2ce62617