Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 519f7adcf3a949c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:29:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 582ed498aeeec7c5921661ee746f0bca SHA-1: aef85f9bf483abe1d6cdfaf281d856d6ec946fc1 SHA-256: 519f7adcf3a949c83a24b74724ffb7e741a69781cbfa1dc5af1809d53ae8cb14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The document also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious files. The presence of these elements, combined with high ML confidence and ClamAV detection, indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fluid+mechanics+with+student+resources+dvd+2nd+edition+solutions+manual
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715065c224b---zejutiz.pdf
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/42723700598.pdf
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/jawopawoxidesegivizixe.pdf
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/ruxazisefejapikitosolowu.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608112be5b4bc---fatus.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb9fc9615c---38182034924.pdf
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biridipodanewin.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce4a20b4df099574e816089586d40a6/vokiruxudefewati.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd053ed7efd3039615a8a2cc4198a74/vuzilizerolimepom.pdf
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/fojaviludatabeke.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c664d5d4e97---77659345872.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1787c816ce188668f137d728ad65c4/xatevijuvegawutawubuki.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160957a7be05ed---65621456439.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94002794b3---bulom.pdf
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/gejalofomaxunapinog.pdf
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/rulufasagazafaje.pdf
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/81382188794.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjavhdi3gac88gsjbdacb1r6p0/9763747628.pdf
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25990559335.pdf
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c80j4pr0ngmprrj04abvvf9342/19548706534.pdf
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/180850283736.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86eb05bdcb---18767646628.pdf
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21d2c4fc481d7a980e581477264c61e/99509986114.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/60231607886.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c031.bin
60a50b79e720934eba6de9f954d903061e9df700ef0f8fe2750d72ca5131e673
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC031 10984 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d992.bin
1c8bb0d586b42fc9035561128eb5d414a32dffd11af2f8abd0c9100751c65b16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD992 17092 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010613.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10613 16792 bytes