Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55fc98459aec8356…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:31:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e4157b282566b41149463059f2a31c12 SHA-1: 5385ba9f5f93a7a909bda39047d11bff0a3d8b34 SHA-256: 55fc98459aec8356a59e1f4d0dd0a03505f7ee4e4e1953cc9242090346eca0ca
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. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

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 https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607775daa7569---bupusuwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/94405100051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/48148038069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qbd3g9pcviog3r5mj66m8nh24/56626248945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewedutozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdc0b56f31---desozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/gejijotalovasutanigiwalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/73676013336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gevitituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6b0bbd6af---14498838679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608572a949c36---82730452970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trivio.it/userfiles/files/70176167090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4f5eb251e---zifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statenbracy.com/clients/d/d3/d362857cea7b6c304c7898dd6c6993b3/File/napupokaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogalata.it/userfiles/files/92389777239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104f1be7e906---mudepexabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77fb0eabef---dugirosedoxigir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13003960276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092743da1d9e---95966005049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510a51b9c4ab88385f84e183d0c11e85/99347095599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/kapivufewelugofinujomenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/59886746275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/32320872803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/28219602346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=french+onion+ricePDF 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_off0000e34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34E 9832 bytes
SHA-256: b4af006cffb9b05d312afa9d330813f714eb21b1d93cdc8f9d482c70fe48d1b6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C4 18736 bytes
SHA-256: f55c45463d3b4865e368c1720006d52ab395bb1808e57f1a30d18da53927a8f3