Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5938189bf39be581…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:12:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0d636f275e8ac4867cfda9ddfbf6cd2c SHA-1: 6f4134580ca6204b66ea6d010e14313f518f7c8f SHA-256: 5938189bf39be581397276c7539c6e86c2a478bc405d6a7e457151497f57e686
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. Additionally, multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to download and execute a second-stage payload from one of the linked URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfqk5lv9bt73k01gkq9mskd2ng/girimaguvexufiwozekeferin.pdf
    • https://ciela13.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/muriro.pdf
    • http://drigungkagyurinchenpalbarling.org/upload/userfiles/files/xonawukukeke.pdf
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/mototerag.pdf
    • https://jimsdelibrookhaven.com/demo/jimsdeli/admin/userfilesfile/xuxinusovuvejisusudufo.pdf
    • http://1day2night.com/UserFiles/file/79072654551.pdf
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/zizufarulewadeno.pdf
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/finapidamilazinebuw.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143560847ff6---66686424497.pdf
    • https://highfieldhousehotel.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/68784180697.pdf
    • http://levakov132.ru/userfiles/file/farilok.pdf
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/segatexiwuritomoboxam.pdf
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210908153657.pdf
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/64140199703.pdf
    • https://chulintemple.house-well.com/CKEdit/upload/files/joxazuve.pdf
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/gidak.pdf
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/nowuluxiwularadajep.pdf
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/buxujatidijowojutomuj.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84bb086eff0fbb56b8e4da277b447ac9/50003166147.pdf
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4ea2309ad---veteragupaxuzovubog.pdf
    • http://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/gepapevunotevanasixi.pdf
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/xevubuketanifiwuw.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/372727c3521cc2af40ef32e5feca3e1a/lasedomowigefupomifame.pdf
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2078698504.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=emulador+pc+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e12e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE12E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f940.bin
89cb865e795c182035b4c1bb8b1aa9acf6102c9eb10373d6b56bdcfb8615c290
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF940 18084 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000127d8.bin
5603d63db14b38371390f51bef1c8a45ea9ba2a3752b82b63bf4521c48d477d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D8 10360 bytes