Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55ed2009ca0f6a8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-28 18:47:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 92bc8cce9e75aaaf6055e18ffac73e79 SHA-1: d8791dd676e6c4d321c802fdc2444d71a83fb893 SHA-256: 55ed2009ca0f6a8e65816a865b0fc8b560d2cc9acda189100c57e6b19f0662bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs indicate a potential for further malicious activity, such as downloading secondary payloads or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d0b97b16416711245f6045f4b805b43/5445747725.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.specemc.ru/upload/files/fewopenopubelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114385d6ee0c---nafobaxivolupumijirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/zogumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff620b897cd---dubijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ffe27c3c8---36860530363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/foroferikikofope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufedotupovikuparabijovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escalierdurire.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57237244613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/4650776694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ce4dca4ba18a0a305ffa112c627973/21280943164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents//files/nugudimasajosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b654b3f07---95670975146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1fb68519d---84515880672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heydarbaba.org/resimler/files/fosewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/34572803016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/33718471610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082eddcb6444---xibowejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kld8p6gfv1bjovoaiti8gvopm2/pibeketelokojupome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/83175739849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078313b9e553---82885581250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a79571db0---relagovemaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/mezolijawebazawosavar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/1924871814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cef33c2e8e---19906433836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+delete+plugins+from+logic+pro+xPDF 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_off0000e5e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDFB 11080 bytes
SHA-256: c9268687f757c7017ac284a0fe5085aa5245e08f05ff81e3801ed9c5cdb1acea
font_02_sfnt_off00011798.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11798 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 4c06d37f72bd910c4f9891337268b67b8a9fbdc3e538935fb58849ee119234bf