Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ab78027c2847abc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 17:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c9b713b5f633344e6fb380feb2b1a6c6 SHA-1: 3b89a7f7fc5d500d6d39c37470b792ee6fcf84e4 SHA-256: 5ab78027c2847abcdf1b151540a0f898d1ab2505851e305708176d525e6f3d33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba107f7b6ac90687fe5ac656ac3c52a7/tefaxewiwukep.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ord8v955spj5e20gjcs0rek89/46501247837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76f8a95fef8a5b85315e137f383fcd2c/53048602316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb6aa38bc8---lefobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f17b67e1d---71177423970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20668129737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/69646713162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/29377478663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942fe7a24a3---72011805444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/210629062944788285f48issdiec62.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/83294878688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/xelojosegimozebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bungefamily.com/clients/5233/File/xapapeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61746147917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://954move.com/clients/4890/File/61661623164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/45941305732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10873a2039---defuxatidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/pagajebakupiduvoredadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayphotocopydogia.com/upload/files/rekurukinevaxixatafajeduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/24142451795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk0t762dnp23gkf43r3bfuurfn/zigunis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c27035b10---bufedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=undersigned+in+emailPDF 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_off0000f175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF175 19688 bytes
SHA-256: c53eadaa7c2c642664b85c4dbeef2db0077d82509fb316b7e873609c39c1e4d5
font_01_sfnt_off00012410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12410 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C27 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 59a3c2e266efcb47b3e30d6e4236708a14d08daa40075d4ebf73afccb533d8df