Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5309127ea4732249…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:09:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e0f56fb502d758f98984b4349960b31b SHA-1: 84db2043884377aaa3f631abaa0f1dec9d7c54c5 SHA-256: 5309127ea4732249ba83c14a5b27f07c51e8e87374707d94d4a511b5d7eda65e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm likely used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially being used to redirect users or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3516205fb---vuronarafufa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b608ca4aabb---tedibededeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766b039743e---58403390932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b3ce25518---vazedev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb0df7a7c5f247ea38234fdfa231a876/milikelutukosiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee4a9882fd53c0010038b66e55f1cce/67641094800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6708e44bc---kavufoxajoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/gorazawibego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c67d0853372cd8d26ef40a02e572f558/67648138842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ib8dfb8a1fcv24jerklvu93gf1/soxepebaruwelovusokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e13bb2eac---28765683367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/mobajamaxufosiroraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53185715125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/korizanajijawinutujuzufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/vovesemopavikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5223560307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7713b031be---wexape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075df94ea82b---52861863920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58bfea52b27214949ec0029606545708/46050559019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f30a50a09---16994604709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075de817cef9---jepusubazuvorejimefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/76678932401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26a5bdff63---83590092299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+green+symbolize+in+the+great+gatsbyPDF 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_off0000f657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF657 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E69 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 4fa207ea867f6c55b55f7c38239d302ebc890fbcf6cea2760b4aef4caa0f090b
font_02_sfnt_off00013ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BA8 11000 bytes
SHA-256: ecdbdfa97164485287f6428d34ee8d87530e5f147f074dd32dbd931727701e11