Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55f8dbab78737b54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:17:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e4693edc6daa3a3c16bf1a6cb8ff5a13 SHA-1: 1934d7e5f0c7ff98d6b487a9c056fa40b0ff7f3b SHA-256: 55f8dbab78737b544e5337ef7e3a3674a4ddefaefaf9f21ad01daac2c93d265a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to one of the listed malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=memento+d%27audit+interne+-+m%C3%A9thode+de+conduite+d%27une+mission+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f1d19638f---wuwulomirufupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a24595fe7---3465238364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b9iv264sudokfenkjvng7c3v6/19315887274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/sotatasuporubavaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/xonesujoxixukude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b68979054031dcd41e894748061a2350/sulumaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingceremoniesbybev.com/clients/72651/File/57259665994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae29f25053f9d9604493cfdfcdeb085/86316243855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viscom.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/67617453881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupoaccs.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopibamudotizijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210719_AC87518D581CAD8B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f664aaef08---pilerofipij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/fivizejowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/357f9ca472a4efa48d560db58d0e9cf5/jabesozagarojivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e42c43dc7---fubumefobugede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97388365678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/61665397518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/57926841248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/jajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0a4722dfacea36b841ae6361676b60/52737423452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210710032752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6fb8516a8---xukalefimejavatimurolinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewejebevavevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/subesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/200760b2dff172f67550400961e1b291/53306594070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD595 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 4442ca27b960e04ddd0ed2b1f7f462b41e935224f4cde0e6a68415acd9b2816b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001074c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074C 20980 bytes
SHA-256: 3bbb60bd8d98b3a5c30fa2eb89f363be86f6fca923a5e01ce53996ada322521e