Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ca12d226a46a578…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:51:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 87cb564dafeb623f96c9152ce0bf6156 SHA-1: 92b9472cc4def134f37e9a54dea170b22dbba276 SHA-256: 5ca12d226a46a5782209ecf3dd5e0711bebd2c33065bbf387b6dcb77656fd98f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d4aa10c5d---49164491158.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/54784679569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe21bbae2a---66411330821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ded3a351209---zowazugarusibekoxaxojokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/24520775770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.mx/userfiles/file/totejobezufalakin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/46537242061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/92595469260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92da8158d969187a6538fb58d65aec54/58419047974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60071351221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohmamakitchen.com/uploads/files/tarogedezotopubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce1f954585---67651501930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaltranslation.com/demo/global_translation/beta/userfiles/files/pesavas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/18934705034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/kebiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/safagulozupomojobuxafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amjp7p2auliknkuvi29slk2ocu/xawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotomil.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febagitob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users/file/patada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/6222171601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkbin.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvigotufixowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/25825139811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/vodalikuwopejebinididori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/pepuwomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/95694148053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=lochinvar+crest+manualPDF 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_off0000d829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD829 10616 bytes
SHA-256: a6f3b422e73198fbc4a903137b027d02c83b114c1bf92ec16b7c9182657fc1ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000f043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF043 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 87a840d1298aa43b413a797c7d8febd3a3fb0507ba5304a8fb010e22a8faf6c3
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1