Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 520a68a2bfa42be0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-21 21:49:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5f720af43e422eea8d628e59e19a037e SHA-1: 661097e8c8aec952fe2d53bfe93c1482375c4e82 SHA-256: 520a68a2bfa42be0c95f5d01ff8ece74ce3116794878ad58dab0c471f2dcae8d
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. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/58526150562.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gemcom.org/userfiles/file/tusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongyuemedia.com/filespath/files/20210912084413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f5b069b9d---fikebutelimixuterofitaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafuregonawigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/file/rasagibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/fopafuwinepevab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategie-forex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogikinopebakomagiwuweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34601455851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ausztriasi.spawellness.hu/upload/hirlevel/files/25441075536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6814da862---tuwutikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zygzak.eu/foto_dane/wysiwyg/File/xolabexonufowiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7949669dc64e1ecb27a72d25c761d4b0/surutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50347e5abe8e524741b84ce631d23d3f/92151669380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1af8c3249df02bd2bbf88a5ac7fb2b3/muxulojevomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.com/uploads/userfiles/file/giserobilajotiradun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaaikdebj9ccf1ayja1b5a3q.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejetepidanenesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/97574553553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/1168081663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/33868602313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/83340814794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/52189758901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/60511192832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dua+for+parents+approval+for+marriagePDF 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_off0000d03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03E 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 81cad75191e47309939e29cea49a0f83d287a2b3b48dc786a6490d3055819e53
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAF 10868 bytes
SHA-256: bd85714ee2456d0a4bb4e90816d9e9c7bf06c2d39264dd334da929d8b2229e2b
font_02_sfnt_off000114d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1