Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a7a1a5d64fbd031…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 22:00:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 26aec0106f617006976fa34c37c46834 SHA-1: a9b5817ca73d199f9b6fd22b12906668cab23ab2 SHA-256: 5a7a1a5d64fbd031e0f77d6f85141fa004cfb5bf6ffdea0d705891c42e99dc50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download a second-stage payload or redirect the user to a phishing site. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+oraciones+subordinadas+sustantivas+y+adjetivas+con+soluciones PDF link annotation
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850b2115aed00a02e19066e77e5066a3/mebokixibebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f041bec8b6---sigajakizegubamofujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6aa26e96b2---mifodejisenozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b8d62a477553e2323e18c7a8e41fa2/81851067998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a282ee020a93584eead886bb94b0cf1/29107573030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/20015501569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eb5e99d53---ditavevorofapujumafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/jesavale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59149961821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96da2705b6---goloduwiwigagezuzokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/buvofira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8e57b2deb3---sasoramiviwasowuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/fabuwurevaputepurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/vavoburesofabowavabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/mogexupisonapexotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ffb78b7988bbb1b69f525ad5be292c/kebepebakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/wanuvuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/532c411840569e10a91bddcbb241e52d/bekapuxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac0cb8448b---69502236182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacmacbook.net/userfiles/file/veluvelomodajiresatube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/14847122191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf0f7d1aef2---kunovofipulodepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6585b5da20---99785580534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b575a9905c8---vuragedalaviriragofosivaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/zisoxekonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97b725ffa84afd764b6b08ad600f77f4/1763994440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f1ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DC 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 5a81c396a02f59bbad91c522ea102355e239d13bfb89134502029c9a4c6958c9
font_02_sfnt_off00013660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13660 10896 bytes
SHA-256: b3d58e18deca5596bdff2fb9f89de0ea01730a7f1175f68a96e972f2801b1bec