Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5538efddbda0a6fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:57:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: beea19f862ada55ef67590aa8c25d645 SHA-1: 20f7c6df0ae3ee43981cc6878bef03236ea54f42 SHA-256: 5538efddbda0a6fa3fb31c8e766a5674428ca875c477fd6cfe314c6b05a77b8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://chp-travel.ir/data/file/bumavedibejixopuje.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eff8e353594---94388017967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bankerz.in/qpic/files/bapakurarorasupafewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/37363246259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/12334183942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/54816415901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd4a1d788df7b7f3d25c78f1abc4213/94976957074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/18446587123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/28441688289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/rifoxevanizewabane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nosusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2fe41c8b82a9d5ff80c63c0af2e99a7/68175187585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamibutotalovuwupoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210717165155_r9o1sd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/dixomitojesatawatopupuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrospizzadb.com/uploads/files/nokanew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d395b17fa5562b32a0d9e4da0d1acb/xelosuzelusefumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a715b8f28dd---53159794505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85a317d317---mizitufotifitabiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f68c653ce---30390688123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb29aecbcf387251c9d8fd8da69764c/worobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/26305997542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888b21875e9---mozokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=hcman+keyboard+manualPDF 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_off0000dd2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2A 10612 bytes
SHA-256: c5cfebc3fba8a15c531032182f5038d55564901ac62a21a7c0aca82bc9260a62
font_01_sfnt_off0000f557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF557 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 928f5a77b4aada1e17b58bcc0bad2c1db237860982179be0d7b6176f5533a3e5
font_02_sfnt_off000120b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1