Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1e8945a28458525…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.8 KB Created: 2021-07-22 22:52:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 15946230155b7645eb7ec057850501e5 SHA-1: 06b8f24a0f3131d92f1fbf0b5e681e2bd42b8a36 SHA-256: a1e8945a284585257bb497f9f2b7c128f3306b3c3cbfcc5651086c3bbe14ebf0
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 a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ecfc09812---boxiwefogolo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drtamerturan.com/file/48715184161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b40c1c21f0---4727234060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/54703462419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/vuwazananewexegoniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/82778218628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/doxotija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bioesteticaonline.it/file/vegijefejexedetijazesugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/jegato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083104c615c8---fexarerewedejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/vedada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b262274b077---viwurojojoxubumofati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a66c12f07fb50ec22f90252f212c2f8/pibibekorawatuxogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennycojewelry.com/userfiles/files/202106/1624155764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d30c01ce961---lesunexubadekinoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af69a2d1064e41909d06994ea1e1831/mosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/93318955589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3b1c64675---82984410896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5005cc5fe0b3a7a324f3b0fc09db7bbf/5907312928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/26553020138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ac9bb4523---nuruvuziribibajobunirikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/83419437483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/214cb05e914d1ae1ab94e655cc236051/41790169780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=recent+ielts+general+exam+questions+with+answers+2020PDF 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_off00016f61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F61 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 41eef2f873628d91030d0fbb6edecc31093b73b12b66ebfd39c91e9fc9b8a820
font_01_sfnt_off00019bae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19BAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b3c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B3C5 11400 bytes
SHA-256: 84bf1d6ab9585efd2c9f44ccc94529b84752821021bb1d15a5d5c0f7f24ea41c