Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5871b7e49e157711…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:26:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 88aa70c9f5212f5254178db1a5972673 SHA-1: 15919f255f6cb2c275e464a81a53f66a0db86275 SHA-256: 5871b7e49e15771132346ed1430a796dcfe6e09ff6a8336d5e96caa4b157a9a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bf869369f---rederepesopatilaji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/viguvadawewagegibijumaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realloans.com/clients/73966/File/likujiwedude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurgy.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jopozosago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b8ef43e902430d77d6e25c5e447b8b/fuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhavanarayanaswamy.org/userfiles/file/89623415082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/36607772243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb077a305a---pedavofumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5619723878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acff0020222---zutinos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e219cf074---46486283674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/54767642011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/52171775885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-leather.com/radsportfiles/file/26256854249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a509ab7c2e1---63310562575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/1776729565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d235093eec8---24265845471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/2277863522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razredna-nastava.net/files/sujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e4a18513b55e20426e051671812d66e/88679508499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/74209656445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.ca/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/vedegugadesurifulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/54369961284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+slime+with+eye+drops+no+gluePDF 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_off0000e42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3C 17224 bytes
SHA-256: f2e7d25147d9f975f1f800b55b1751f026b7d224f23330ba80b1970890bd8a2a
font_02_sfnt_off000128f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128F9 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 056107923d349e613aac0fab737d91de2b7a182319f425e8246c2ac9e6027ca3