Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5854eb25de78bad9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:09:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 2efc19581bcf6861f7da22d2cbb370e5 SHA-1: 54555d0366fb361e676e48bb2a17e7f5ce9a26fe SHA-256: 5854eb25de78bad922af4d63e9eb2177d849d1fa3b649826be1903c750a59c72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute additional malicious payloads. The document also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c942bed06f---93393409718.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/giligafutaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f778b899f3718661172c97283456236/dosapejozabaxopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montex.pro/uploads/userfiles/file/99459219500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b17c4853c9aff86bd4aaf1dd7568550/22095351746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/34312137673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/242cc2807ffa09741ffaab12a177ac9b/lugorunirusejokigubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609497446d21e---77709814977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/77881173724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e874389b62---16762567260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psgb9s8i1t0gp7na2htm8thoqc/nozavuwazokelapofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/buburaxugowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14478776096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/52783523527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210508063611853073250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmaga.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/55309697056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57924733858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cb19bdf49---85356816134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/80548074133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/tigonewupaxixijerevixexaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831c0b48629---27093361398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0b44a93ba---pesapenoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12a3f9c438---kekigutoxezesokajamopikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/pesek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/18376134331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16291339951238956581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=kasaysayan+ng+pambansang+wika+pdfPDF 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_off0000ebac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAC 10768 bytes
SHA-256: c08023abfa1df6456b9cac327592349c9d1bb1f2db42068634ce8d738f0d08de
font_01_sfnt_off00010408.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10408 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1A 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 3c95ce32d8a1a011816fea953d18bbb0ccd24de576e24fcd638cbfe84bd9ad45