Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5afdc8d67f323777…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 22:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1023a4a48419db107a13b299fd9c851d SHA-1: 92540b2917c417774c5cf5edd55084a0f293910f SHA-256: 5afdc8d67f3237779ab38b35a1e153e3901fb7f862dcc082ca5ac7928175b58e
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 links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to delivering a payload or redirecting users to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d82df6d0c7---34302220865.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/46238944366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/6346807569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockdental.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e4edf65ccf3df5f9a5561fb011763c1/woxupebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4432cbab9b---95151974921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36c3c127a01e029c0eb20082313591f/59895061595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/boposuwunitinurifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6af9616aa8---81628913864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/51330960379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tatsolarlight.com/uploads/files/zixaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccardolj.ro/userfiles/file/97658991879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/tesasazulizilepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967e76e19cd---pilifofuduzowajapowaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ddb635a4d93ca0fbc3943e4f71788f/53375145868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/51707128206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/kanuveweforebajariki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d45379b337---gexede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ce851bbf3---87111977682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psp9siqccbm7atroes2avfo342/rudiruva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82402251291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3401ffea68db1e8cb398364382fa83f/pigavodarebokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master-service.ro/images/file/11962510610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/61899065482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopsuathientu.com/uploads/userfiles/file/41715104422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25061744191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c9d98de90---nekakepupupetomomufom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1321f0d4b999872de184517fa1a3c23b/86599299592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=net+force+and+acceleration+worksheet+answers+key+physics+classroomPDF 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_off0000d8b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B3 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 70cdbbf2174b3a7b82e8914e63d1d42cf7001e108210868dfb607e5e9af866d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A7 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 09ec0f576aecbec14c3836f634950d989569d5317f4ad242c2cd3dffca50a34c
font_02_sfnt_off00011f9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1