Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62944c5cb39a4db4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:31:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 04a607b4a001b0192b197b27d8d65088 SHA-1: 961d02590955cdb166089eac6b4a07ff011eeaaa SHA-256: 62944c5cb39a4db4ac4b3ac20129c63ce0e5c492dc321b779e1300b0659c2ffc
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 a link farm pointing to multiple URLs hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611542db474f7---37227147098.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rurozinipaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/30632633122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9435d3c2d---6493440254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/83540405624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06696e6caeb26998f35273e319336bef/zogigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/62341267651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210707130536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607182e2cab14---77207418481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdb19af0bd9e6248fdd68f729010ed5f/49878526241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27a092af802e60d588ca57c61de37a5b/bilosiwurelanebapedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d39ae003f47---suvaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804fa4e32e4---jenuxadibonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9l9hq57p36gmn2tvu6uv353m1/dozovesavepemoxowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a8aec84aa---pamulepelorenulexerosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88810519645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f5d9ee114---37120319408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf8492b39e---93660817766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23201646639727df06890ae52cc9f4b4/50873797850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavo-bazar.cz/userfiles/file/72259971839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/35283115997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivefelojiwefuwura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d4fb00662---xavarudaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ba5b67cd6---zobamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=burkert+2702+manual+valvePDF 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_off0000d4f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F9 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 7a2cc928e740d6d3f9c3906c0e0f4d23cf8bdc3c2b7e61ccaea0c5d20687aeb4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED04 18272 bytes
SHA-256: fa123469ff7b11926489c0d81fd3fee36131173e9d8feefa54b6a1dbb0aaa6db
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1