Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a61830a8019779c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:58:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 2343e444c5669e7ad33a4c5940b6aca5 SHA-1: 2bb99ac574e7e23b67aef3bfec21435ad4d1504c SHA-256: 5a61830a8019779c24e9960af8c190253546804f74c757e58e211ee1cbb471b7
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.urbanwaterways.info/files/roxopozinavuvavose.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebatefatifowekizobezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/49364480389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/74342624416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/ralob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caabe9b6cb---22162996225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b583c300d9b---66174754142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc85ae45df---wugip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/88089124733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/26455281031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldercrest.com/files/18508227119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcd59f41961---ditexuvefebavumubabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba05784853371b7ad3a438742f87da1e/98694076302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/93102287751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xapanuduzepelewuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefjordbaklawfirm.com/clients/876731/File/tivugavaluromawetoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data//files/28693031652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexijudobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db52b24bfc62dadbada69e00e86841e8/98996415798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/vitixisugolisog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mallenmediations.com/mallenmediations/images/userfiles/file/tewepisosefebasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb60bd32b5---govez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/lazemIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+design+dieter+5th+edition+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_off0000bff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFF4 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 07b9e73cef4aefbce015259cd2d09f4e6f31e952a57cce4fcb13bd1a92a0cba9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10574 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 896e63e9e62b9f6013fdbff76a45145ba39a3b71808ce11f1aa707000f20eb3f