Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 804d88dca236f5d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-26 09:16:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1ffc90089af337fa3c75c3c579dedb24 SHA-1: 6bbe81cc4c54d4772ec92153709ab492f05fc230 SHA-256: 804d88dca236f5d5e8975f179ae143423e7ddd59d0e009ad342674eaddfd5e9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab93618b20a---fisoxin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecfd57c38087b3a57b850613e6c04745/kapilemujaboniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fa593433d2251213f9f10646a4fde9/13094395357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/rewimakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/kixumeverugagimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608374cf07b4c---telada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/vogevokafegoxavomazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/67960068920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/18157788726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a299a047660---60577284296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824479eccdb---mirinedoxowusobemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210502214843815715767adr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/56140880104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://et-auditing.com/userfiles/files/ridadabilikitedajivafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/37614660344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/41724763125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a2079c46c---powusenulenasufadaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/mulodumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00ce4dc4d6---87477992241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go323fjnr68dn9egf4k70h6vvl/lujunotupowanigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anysoldierfundraiser.com/clients/a/af/af293656121fcb8b60a8c910089dd81c/File/81204668795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc8389ebe6---ruzefumesixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ad6dac9c0---kaxegatijakanavujepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=sailor+paper+hat+instructionsPDF 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_off0000f31c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31C 10648 bytes
SHA-256: f8dc6870f33bd25d998f66c18a53d87190efc42acc913fe98f0275a8144aeb3c
font_01_sfnt_off00010b5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5F 16648 bytes
SHA-256: d45b492d66c4bd5440c564752d9d18b59b77f2e6515125e43d16b1268c6ac9fb
font_02_sfnt_off00013691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13691 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1