Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ea01021aafec928…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-07-26 13:02:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 2a41c5c8111659ccdbf854ff4e22b03e SHA-1: fc78c2a5aaf67d73114ad8d1fd7fe94bd14ba260 SHA-256: 5ea01021aafec928e639ae80c45233071c440564498894466867fab8b3ed3a81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a PDF link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging compromised websites for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea59bc4769---64996869331.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgl8j0sql4vcfoufnrt1442230/38209921610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c859e78fdaa645f45360989ba50a9e13/wunoputupogosibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608194f532f56---naxajezekebebibabonoguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/fulamavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/nusenokevasatukizig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1da54a39adfe56dfdf6d4837d433b1cb/luxatimozuzubofodejejidop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/75629181055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjr9452o710fb2lrc3rn39dv0t/doxavuzuwifufulilinuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/zajamaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/17175321990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/govudonorovabokelimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4b1e8cf5b---bekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/xutav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28753458828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a8d6df1e4---mapexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/zuxoketokupotajetaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/kisiwixido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f7b105cc3---54052952446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reafamily.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifugofawaxedarodolotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowfurnitures.com/files/files/86248984576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf7f471526489cd8630d201841ad7b5/37958271779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/46970050928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/lemoliwoziwuvide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=la+nutrici%C3%B3n+en+el+antiguo+per%C3%BA+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_off00012039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12039 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 837ce800d969879799d6ad090a5858525dffb902d2f8a5054b9a6a86f6665a95
font_01_sfnt_off000138f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F7 19328 bytes
SHA-256: 57537981f44b5a31919f3969598b1aa7142cecf6969e497f3bee31e6b158a9b2
font_02_sfnt_off00016a2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1