Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95ff5460bbe448a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:46:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6187d4ff12517012411f6e43e3981779 SHA-1: 9da2ff5e8ac1cbb4d72abc8eb26a1d96b21ea77a SHA-256: 95ff5460bbe448a9325b8af63d74a81ef68b2e3e2165c597495782285a793cfd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or exploit. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=6+letter+words+containing+u PDF link annotation
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b960c1b4cb6---pigolazalumanufulusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r3l2a8klpbgf0dj1q3ttjlgq2/lobakuzadezevarapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ou-ravda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guporug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/siwinopozupinal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355b68c9a2c94075ad03676666178cb0/tomovalotetetabuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/livuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc6749f27f0aac23b7107be20de1c5ce/jomoseredobunawebivijujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15135953264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e368daeb6c---74046242755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cc769b27221f1ebd8072d59e8e45128/32886837297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608364091df1e---gedugiligulapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d6335c1d7fa9da79f8ba0a36a1ef46/22942798843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47529593173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/rejizivasikukevaloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/5683706170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608046e2468a1---fenezufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086830626a3d---lilufopakupuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63804288578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rk3vaudgjrga6vnc8an8j63ej/wonesanade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e70de7a970---48826049293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaxeguzuwunisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/wowojikojusufunonapusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607657228c0eb---35289852265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujasefoxuluwisanazonuguv.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_off0000dda4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA4 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 2e7f59251fcb15b491f34ca02cb9c5242af81396d5f3e04911bf97f4d491135b
font_01_sfnt_off00010d13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001252a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252A 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 6872e26ab7ffb52fb6af66ccf6c2ad24b080c915fc581b829eb3174266dd026f