Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 509a2d29afc7d215…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:51:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8cab450e2650dc4035736bb773186de1 SHA-1: 2d93a2d90670d8ef952aa74ede998614ce0eb507 SHA-256: 509a2d29afc7d215f8c274858dcfb83bb42109593753a4b986956b0f050ffa9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140763abde47---dovolajenubabopazaka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/79241802281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greensketch.in/userfiles/file/33276171252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ef21770b91fd26fb4f5dde50e180ab/19452151888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/28857209108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f18d11a4a1c11f4882ff61a09bf4219/58656391766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heathrowairporttaxi.website/userfiles/file/luxezitoxuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://l-max.ru/userfiles/file/57571911921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57069955925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zechnerbau.at/images/content/files/65213748775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mjrspot.com/fckimages/file/83730565340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613177a8514ae---21787405580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/97616327602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/befos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210906_182120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d90654b0a---femujozimuxipitolede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/fobifugorisosowofiwemuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomboy2.com/images/library/File/dedejotimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/33441767189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/88862850063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=apps+to+download+paid+apps+for+free+androidPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b59fff358010dbd4769569be9bc15d47/56378207653.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_off0000b5d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5D2 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 1f76367b0b27129d31135b77518d813836ed975bec11ba1f5d376ad174150052
font_01_sfnt_off0000e106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE106 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f91d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF91D 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 008a4d2c8713649250e67a2ab7f9856a258d50675e9e8ef95c28bedcf73f013d