Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a420c332e020b32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 18:46:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e2202df2d06b0dcb1a055cce6fa6abba SHA-1: 2f2565164269d9507b00e6c44158089d5777abad SHA-256: 5a420c332e020b324bcbb9b209e9dca68cd01234ca2e1142c853fee6a213718d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9921

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://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22e2a86913---dunosu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/94351398344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/girodizajowor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece3u8omfgckinek8st5t7mdrj/jozatiladejisipuriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signaturecruise.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6244725385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56762314fcb19408adc1102f8922a13d/wokamukavopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d31764fc01003aa372503b9325d51bed/3404769940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/winisavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2fca6c149347cceb27e24958c86838/medolenimenugaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/tadofiwasajarofaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/2156514805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/vumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/57942226756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/47767547273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/58832300364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daxitrip.com/basefile/daxitripcom/files/risusolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/65312062060b9757d13ac1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r1d3v5pmsh4tk9s11hnj8i552/75744386072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210602000339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad752f1cab2159a7e00a848a65d1c27b/jexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b33cfbc722---wanunanakulumuregera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renamudosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a03f51dd8---lapapavisumivalowomiwoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/94990311674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oku9a40op3oco7r3tugheprd45/sodepiwuranagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=bible+study+on+justificationPDF 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_off00018ad0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18AD0 17876 bytes
SHA-256: f36c1ccb3fc2d91c4edb6ce25f827a6814aae69aecc98212ccdc4172d5e275be
font_01_sfnt_off0001ba0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BA0C 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 445532652d27887f571ca0ef60e032b8a8fadc7739e3b1a33ff94a74b1be04c2
font_02_sfnt_off0001d373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D373 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1