Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5691aa35ad7dfeca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 214f2f47708bdc14bcd0810f89e94e2b SHA-1: c8b23fcaf0e61486be428b3e3be87466e0ce50e4 SHA-256: 5691aa35ad7dfecafd9629ec6afe150bb86175a82c86e9d885b840c534d55be0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=knowledge+work+definition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d85b820237257bf2943b6492bf2e53a/6085681572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/561250537c07c0f1ffbea781af9338d1/14814324189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/81785114041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/fadadatetawegakeromipuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/lawokepata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b986cf0ddab37c4cafdf6161bf731412/72858525982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1d52387d5f---mevafebitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087db564f4d0---70695221369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e343a7c71---mosepikukemavuwadewanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d43184b8b30d4c26cd8ba603b28f5500/70857326650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612699a53c677---dejesusuweno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96d80d3fc533da610829fe7935a68156/pabevupadesojagujabafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/rabujufopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/45081252011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb26ac6bde---81496112713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210525162193890011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dsami.org/uploadfilefiles/wevedogewavodaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/75915954933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/29666020365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsinphar.com/uploads/files/tezeviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xunudede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/50431894612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/91027502369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/damuwosedegaxafuludofufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa23b04de9---tisapugovoguvinij.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_off0001550c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1550C 19288 bytes
SHA-256: 9fba536ca2d17c32504aa156ea2c3e85dab31f3b724b35ee42cbbedca41298c0
font_01_sfnt_off00018767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18767 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 8047abb50e59b446a7c244de51da5aea6775bf17623bc80f30207125f6b65958
font_02_sfnt_off00019f40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19F40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1