Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 552e176e8558d8c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 18:21:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 0bfdf9d3220a070a76a058de560e164e SHA-1: 433a87048bdf484183a09535539ea7568ef0f061 SHA-256: 552e176e8558d8c887d4926c0b07516934877eed8bf3d3acb3f494d6b2943bdc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to obscure the true malicious destination. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, is a common vector for initiating malicious actions within PDFs. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9320baf4771cebe718132c14bafe5796/vilugafubuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16807640568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/250054104052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9596577398ffba26db1acf74e7eb37c6/73195699372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aba1f81674fe3019bd5361aea25e173/nojufenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/90185986453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d3952142cb1f7954c8530fe5773ef3/69278660796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/84307017723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210709_E4BF699F642F0648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609902edae212---foruxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/481ceae57cfe54606b4e12f717806f31/ronufazofuzufenej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210705_05BB2AE2BC3074D1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/788a2498182dd4fe443196c04209eba8/nutinutabadipez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c12b5c9286d---76839493871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75950337304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gof24b5giq9eaom6imhjkl9pc5/nepuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/24546507719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apc-algercentre.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24133177906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/175261fab6240f378654f99a97a27b1d/regefikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210513134745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608432de946bd---49281384903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de1b56b6a3c---vozupeveseketerizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2d567c623973ea25ad02e4894b73e1/xarojera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=canciones+de+jose+alfredo+jimenez+para+descargar+gratisPDF link annotation
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87502625092.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000108d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D8 11184 bytes
SHA-256: a417a3af861b0d3a6a807764ae445210ad192acc37c0d48810aa806c41353b65
font_01_sfnt_off000122d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D1 16944 bytes
SHA-256: ef0329dac4803480f2d6f4d9e9c4ba3aed2817dbf0857a17f9b8becfccd91a33
font_02_sfnt_off00013a23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15235 19616 bytes
SHA-256: fed19978df10938a4e008fb5af9739c9536ac832286ed10e8a7b5e3edf50339f