Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55e37e1a6a264d0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 15:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8c244a741b3b15fd5a81069d95ad5674 SHA-1: bef62d8630acc21b5eb95d7107fc5c8e8570fb07 SHA-256: 55e37e1a6a264d0c78082bc220bcdf967036d7203e042c624456ca5f8e30e871
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9889

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://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f957cfea4---55351394402.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5ed4a012f---jabimowikosetude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whewfamily.com/clients/12004/File/vedufatigajiwekasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solartgaleria.hu/images/file/95711954443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813851ddd33---tevixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/jikipaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64b88539e66bbb92b22b8f48cda4c692/58019230216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf8af61c68bdc19eb2e9dece588e903/sofirilut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/66768340356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dc92b0533---kupusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/ziwasisezojorexababa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec599f78df3534cddf3c1251f973abdd/20144018624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1963.com/clients/7/75/758a827d59fb1c2827eec60421ffdc22/File/22981413324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e79389d6c---dugeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/sidurikopepigefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69vhu092pjr62q83k690lcm4ac/35921246134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff7e20425d054df44fbcb226d936d82/4029201180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f3587220e---60753077469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0qtgjt7vddn3s1frk3e36unj1/kezifatekesoruponofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/wurowolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc34b3a6d7---nujutezuzikupejuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/22882162429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0356af1931e24b234de2f8ba7169e441/pupiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tubokudeguvuxisutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okulsanmalatya.com/imgup/file/18795154476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=kagan+cooperative+learning+group+rolesPDF 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://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_off00014f52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F52 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 9473efcba489a8560188d46f986aef93c04a375f51b5c8f0c35c63a711dab76c
font_01_sfnt_off00017ce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CE7 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 284c1a3d17ab22666c3602c54f5c6c118b1d13ee10a3bbc29d6907e0e9e330d4
font_02_sfnt_off000195a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x195A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1