Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55a9129de6786e93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-08-12 07:45:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8bbc5d3254a221163913cb6e2f787ec1 SHA-1: 4b991bbe46ec8a74f6bbf184890619ae6631ea35 SHA-256: 55a9129de6786e938338aad86fd3c7a84597a8c58639206b36d127cfe095efe7
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users to download malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac96e352a04---60019724035.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/82365377416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb60ab63051cb5debc6df05feb77cec3/jubojujatudagejatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6t1s3uidjlha75m7nsi2aavrjb/6050115855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c191d9a4f---9845017205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb6d1511f6---jumirutubofupakero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63089701543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/galerububibezosozoburibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tareeapartment.com/user_img/files/kujuvejomuruwopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f04f3552bd2---72841459089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99d6dd84e4ef4de804aeba7f10236f83/33837134234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/48473906867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrdak.cc/uploadfile/files/mejepavinulenenejowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rivefaxifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3af7103f9---95038911508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44322856376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78c5764535---48207998131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df6b1199eae---xivizufezadogiwumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4247e3fad59232495bc055b81d0e9ff4/54447347234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/8794449232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/xaneraxamuxaxolufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/29265744393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/3628046241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89b8c5c058---jexoximumenemajevera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hms31.ru/img/file/zexeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=k+to+12+curriculum+guide+filipino+grade+8+pdfPDF 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_off00010f9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000127ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127AC 18336 bytes
SHA-256: fa88f52f06ed3e619bc12dbb453764519c2183b27d7e1f7be7707000933faf99
font_02_sfnt_off00015864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15864 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 9881ab4cd8d6414e5cb6359ae7e29bf9f77712bde73c24d494d1a7a69f9f2a6c