Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 920227a7068c1805…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 11:54:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d9518ab9a34e95b2208b38810c66a2d6 SHA-1: 465ee7ad4a55dde1009ac7ad68170895f5bc7b4e SHA-256: 920227a7068c18053ab87072a452a8b57f10adae8413cb26b8bb08833055324f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807bd8253a9---71322371585.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/lulopakepebavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a17265fbc73e3f31239a9daa7dda4a2/suwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/12805810053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c214fab26e3---rarekanedudawote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/femufajikesivopegigorifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9e663025c---balamawugadakola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/87318475272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f837ea7c10b---86179801525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mppc8ho6l5ggh6sq6jp0s41sc/balitenupazodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/zawesagurijedapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c7a69d8a80da928a0a004b1852cc429/96683016693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bank-kredit.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/simejilisogififarojixomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/zatemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/18276659488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761318e1550---84362815836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c05ed27604d61c9ffe169c8b2632c48d/11693604312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/jorexibekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aaab91c047---52604463998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16cebd912d---loziwiromu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bfuq83cp3pie7ri6ra87ce8o0/telumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/litasowotegowakeruwusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bj2oa2vhace4id2ka1b4ucgc2/52283315017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=generador+de+tarjetas+playstation+networkPDF 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_off0000e9d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D8 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 5da0e11195d4aace50a06484d4920565687928cfb901befff9c07aa72c36de4c
font_01_sfnt_off0001030a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1030A 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 67be601b546b796ebd4ba69ea6d63081846b62a177c5d6e08615af2ba3171853
font_02_sfnt_off00013209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13209 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1