Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a05534261140be59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:56:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 31a5e7d758b0594a757b95b0f6cd6348 SHA-1: 397d3ce97c4a2f424769fd3c5660957e61821c89 SHA-256: a05534261140be590396538adde64f66c43ec0d3e11a05d40cc11b7f43ceccc4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The document also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other external URLs, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the user's browser or PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608256d020081---wefexugaboz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210619060217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/84213201763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2b985557b---finejekevasezazipisevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/18877194001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/rugafonupakewapiwate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/xonarejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161237725c9306---22897599682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/37390024029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zinepuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7447122171030d01a9e1ede308d90f7/88233643062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufagifujasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/jazegibekadutulezukuguwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/55047068398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744fdd65167---kudatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caissedesecolesdu5eme.fr/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buladesokazulepimojakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce69817974---48983750555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c71bd727b23---89048717190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/99749880670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgo0m47f5fqsmpdt0b194qn1o4/99313958259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3h0pb2le9rgm22pfcj4ga06jjo/bamagifafaditinosowubuder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msvadba.ru/files/file/vipagamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/rusegumesizedapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8466bf0c1d738e472937cb65cd1817f/ruxagojixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=severin+yoghurt+maker+manualPDF 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_off0000d969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD969 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f17b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF17B 19808 bytes
SHA-256: c49c509e63d98e6bfa12db0564d50fdb56d080c84bc4c8a62b30fea9e22bbbdb
font_02_sfnt_off00012429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12429 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 5fa9709a6cc2f3b7ccec0170d93feae75166ba70b0b811771e587cfed0137e7b