Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 503ca0606bbe5a21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-24 14:46:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 953881240cdf6bc7a078c9bfeb265c04 SHA-1: c02f7ce3ab9008dacb92e6ce47a00d4460a8448b SHA-256: 503ca0606bbe5a219d5d89e71a371a1207a1e755e26d7343522283ee381d51e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, which could be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607578a4bec1e---fatadumevujofisoxafabo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608360b5eb41f---fefiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b9ac86638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07656231a783201f2ff1e36ef56b9635/92807265111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/61149527933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekhlb2vqorfg0s4o49h069t4mo/82380682023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japovimagipelipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/77578870636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091420dd5c40---logewexanesibonijeramubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o044ngvnh9q5ng7mom1h9or4ql/36149231366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/vonozimudamuzamotatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4e6a96ac35980b4ef239604dce32f1/lorukedulupiguwaxifuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/90514092689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://permargi.com/files/galeria/files/19566904309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents//files/65842527962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexumenunerarosomerewinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/pewodesojukaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160badb3a88555---98146495586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12waktu.com/contents//files/77656790306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/10867228525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/86156050487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20210630_162836_1105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/27788097892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da6de5ae7b---bijujojupozepabubire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e99d6069a---51674802715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=velozes+e+furiosos+9+estreia+portugalPDF 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_off0000f672.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF672 20092 bytes
SHA-256: d715981bc1123dd2e6db002730618beab3f0c70316835493225f4dc3498d07f0
font_01_sfnt_off000128be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BE 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 286ee9d946457bd978bb0c7da99c92cc11a3fc17ebc6dd701e5f9a37ff060a5d
font_02_sfnt_off000141a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1