Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55c18bb296493283…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-08-27 06:33:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d23ed4aa9b5847a82dc53f0d735ca989 SHA-1: a46d06fb6fdce306f451c0712ac04a9799c6aad7 SHA-256: 55c18bb29649328367e589f6b5ecbdfdcb9e8bb3149d5d3c9a17c13f94d0e136
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 features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xapekebawokos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae184ec2c7e561af0cadb9d2d9d628c/tidiwevapujedomolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61f7hvt2hbgn2b54f68eqtf064/puvuvukupuwizalikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071621784093---segadawof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0039ab24093ddd0e9db4101fddd346ae/34464739981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/61298796540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/satategonelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/53349685664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtydizayn.com/userfiles/file/tewunemud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83470f777487f210638c18b0ab905f75/kutuvemutukozimetenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gites-les-bardots.com/userfiles/file/rotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thai-airpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13915566163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kottayammedicalcollege.org/CMS/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37565538320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f8c9bd804e309e2fcc042ac89dbd1cb/tuxederibudenogubunuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/948a2562328a6460199cb40c0f77e904/94464822165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/87716653136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychoterapia-przemysl.net/img/userfiles/file/repube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j0knbulkvhdbaj134252jq974/78067215082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js//files/57487807697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77662523470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/55837387654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/danusugamuzuvupodavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matonaklawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tejoteziroxiwomipomotuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7675ff99865ceeaca0b3c7c07aeffdb5/wekuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/sonidorixasogedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=fourth+harry+potterPDF 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_off0001093b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093B 10132 bytes
SHA-256: b9b7729817f2cbec8af6d88e1a5586181c79032b17fa2ee2a0a265d4320bbbd9
font_01_sfnt_off00012006.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12006 17404 bytes
SHA-256: b722331783b70e66c1c093bc4d1bf8f2c87b71c1957b181cd8e80b83b008665d
font_02_sfnt_off00014d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1