Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a251dfc5903e2c8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:52:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 059d2e94175d4400809d5ddef9be83b6 SHA-1: 37c1a7168807d6f395e5981033725e640d32c3ff SHA-256: a251dfc5903e2c8e69c0c63e276cb61c3243fe741225c6d16487627d1a9a1b82
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads. Heuristics indicate it is a lure for invoices or password-protected archives, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://elperrocallejero.info/ckfinder/files/66835308819.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82160045491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/xiwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2bba530bc---diviwotejuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/44602590461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4951d89410---zufuvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/xerikojesowilofumonuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://innovativallatgyogyszer.hu/fileok/file/26628220524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/muxozaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/lugojofoletukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb1a73dbca---60720375357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/wijotixojen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/87065706640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacantioquia.org/aym_image/files/15261497407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111004b45267---44824720464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturhalles.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/52535450794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/lokulepibevatadisimatulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/10587832767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/gidigasawoloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcf18f03a2---41988271486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1625016034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e671177786---1282260521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d9eccf29c---xamofitifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/81541189192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=machine+learning+mastery+with+weka+jason+brownlee+pdfPDF 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_off00012ca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA7 11624 bytes
SHA-256: eb0cf6cdbe8a875accbf2fa5e1a7e1aa2fd9f86351c67c910b94d4f0311cc91a
font_01_sfnt_off000147bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147BB 18628 bytes
SHA-256: 510e5e9b19d21441916b24006e7e337e1bae14b0780f00e73f864a0775e28af4
font_02_sfnt_off000177b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x177B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1