Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a7583f062fc0f51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:14:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e0670c99ebed640d0912cfe1fb24615c SHA-1: 074504d71d21025002f3daf59a2dc27cfe3293b3 SHA-256: 5a7583f062fc0f51668f77c6b1270bc45957b0ebb2a6b8a5bc62763f14a9b244
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly executed in this static analysis, is a common technique for initiating malicious workflows.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/vebegutorada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/34513106057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osrclass1967.com/clients/8/84/84e84eb3bb32f45446e669e24fea3ebc/File/watepudawuviruzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f24985b9d7---neporotowifavafijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e796387e6f2df7486fa13c45de7d9ec0/81243723942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a26beb94a---32329931324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070526fd7e59---79994389031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2ruoteexpo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27712583092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaluzipro.ru/public/userfiles/file/95394179161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/tibapuxupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50467734465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/familipuxaxatufekudupotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cevjm2gemgvjp21vsqqsrhifd7/riweledawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc42cf70ea4---89444514784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stegopackaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0as2vm9c13svl632cu4lk7ljm/fidamabamisitagaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a96449f7d---78827379312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijdsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvuroxuveludirisogifilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/wojibefufuzirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/84912482173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db7d792796610ecb5ac99353ce68a305/85793028752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/26167051533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veribase.com/E/file/devapapepawosorekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de87b905566---lukurixogezojebupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/UserFiles/files/11965099129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec76b986e037e7087314321e90358dd/49145451326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=system+analysis+and+design+notes+for+mca+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_off0000d4d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D7 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 58e087578fc42a8c7c3a5d34ed9088159b4c51516467a347aeb862e8d2c114e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA9 16808 bytes
SHA-256: bcb988234f717dc27d7ff5d5dd3f41014b174da661e89cdd5d4ee6712257326f
font_02_sfnt_off00011a0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1