Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 572648efdedf71b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 05:20:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: da8c9d18931317bb1e993664cecd9ccc SHA-1: 16d56de58139b73b46093ebbc45e64f584423687 SHA-256: 572648efdedf71b1722e74462d20f1c33af38f45210065e1caf56c0f203b455c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document functions as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, potentially to further facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=will+vs+going+to+exercises+multiple+choice PDF link annotation
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/75573085677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcf3471acd---buwuboxedovowakedonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2shauam5vumjtv86bikrh756m/10188915446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c917bbec57---sewomekawejatulomozugasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7e8c32ee5b6e315170f80b14b5f917e/vosawebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mensagemcrista.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91027554086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6115fd7249---94903908837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/46591965954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ca09386b3---66926575254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7b76316ab---dopabogaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a6688488c---51023615353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7935352fa---95178644134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sixtyguildersresearch.com/admin/photos/file/jewekesepukugoniwelepoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97369905972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/baseramorosaluraje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/wagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a969de8c632---96062275341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da543acf39---sotepakodoweluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/sajuvesujupip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/75163879728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/22719818153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099eb6ed554f---93626252606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46982755758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77566081507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70a86cbe7fbfc3199fa7449ef37da277/jonisekajetosopejimoxedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/4643619754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928bfdcd5ec---zidurex.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_off0000cc6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC6E 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 05da48756ef0a211e14d23eff43d0d0c5d7f77a08eb5db1a6e57b2c608ac6645
font_01_sfnt_off0000e58a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58A 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 5bb171229a17570435d602b32033e6a275009d818bdae4a145b06a96b5f22641
font_02_sfnt_off00011432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11432 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1