Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 950c4b2aee2e908e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-10-03 09:53:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b2b9e1b1975a84d59a04d005e70031c5 SHA-1: 145e73b3995f4dd3caf2d533c9fb51769fe32a9f SHA-256: 950c4b2aee2e908e4c312984f6cff5b8ef0b154cce3a29dc62a9d9ed804a3784
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=storm+with+lightning+and+thunder PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d587958a6a---zugeluwujisebakosube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arabadvertise.com/userfiles/files/4445909773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158264051f7e---30371239032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazionche.com/files/24366516524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.vn/upload/file/82016597092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefibikirinatujodevipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeongwonenc.com/userfiles/file/kapisudofevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/14207757690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceiling.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/sapavulijasaxetukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e38de7ca36---zajiruzawunewavusolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/duvagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614312b7a9a55---32331981447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everywheregenes.com/uploadfile/qu26_qu106_com/files/timejemikapotelurirere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/kudoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91988979257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97709822976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/51807318343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98727086672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94ff0a4b5101b4970d304896acf4767/gejiwujigokojegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klaaswester.nl/img/file/mopetepav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161503d4c8fc49---80320305069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opt-russtd.ru/data_center/upload_pictures/file/toginiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/74258325109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000affa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFFA 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 6032cc272f9ceba45aff8edaae5322ebac2e8a322bdbd9d22dd6ce2f53b9dc6f
font_01_sfnt_off0000c879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC879 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e08b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE08B 15368 bytes
SHA-256: b7fd1c5ced6589c88b6870d265aa8a56690119e6d21e76ecaf2ff046728c9d38