Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5771713445ce4caf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 18:46:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 35797b755c8f242cd1677af684a7dea7 SHA-1: 15a3d9deb220c091c952110645b6c84cb3c775f7 SHA-256: 5771713445ce4caff5e3fa5e3c43cf381ea4c43db28382a85f909416f937c032
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages, potentially as part of an SEO poisoning or link farm campaign. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further obfuscate the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cd852f6fd4d8e8ca1dfc376b3f7027a/mewidaputa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thehigh86.com/clients/13680/File/waxazaziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/xilobivipukixosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/48098567814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drm07gq44k44hfjbmekqshnc3a/pedijob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/pomegaperezutitumine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b680b3449b4---94185548018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac62f0824aa---pubovaromuwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/ximazipamuromakakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/lefimewiwixawuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc7cc0814d4657fcfc55d17205604a79/rosidijojufixoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc09cc57b7b---65344965094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/od7rpgdu6gvvrpo5ksrojd5d7m/kageruforupawurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc15c5d7a5---ruvuvulirosojekowifewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d33c1aabc9edc39e37c4126b4deb834/bulemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/pawagetegiline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38d6a7ca80---17837894915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vestmorecapital.com/images/epost/ribaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bd654a4aa---bebewopagixadibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c4d7b2c3bf2aff4e56245d295f65eb7/84803598661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fdd6665c2dbcd300cf40204f38365a9/69909812077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908b5e2cd3c---xirimozamukixodurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=theseus+and+hyperionPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c8712cd1907097e24d1a27295d6a59a/51293502503.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_off0000f1c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C5 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 738fa4017dc48dd20d331de4f784ac84e0989dbea144ce344d3c84fd0498a77c
font_01_sfnt_off00011d8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8F 10520 bytes
SHA-256: de5941b098ac82a26d6da4f09c05cf7f0af3c93249abebd99ac7476e72b51c2b
font_02_sfnt_off0001356a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1356A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1