Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4ec55168b5314d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d7b05a3bc137531abd51846d06531416 SHA-1: d53eb45933f60a8a2dab58ff5db4d0fc0ace91ef SHA-256: a4ec55168b5314d9498420afed8a9bcd9c72e5c28da2c29c75fd4a96c041fc47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the exploitation or download of additional malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=yeagers+auto+salvage PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beccd5d7b0e---85400723639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40163580970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qannq5nn9rgl63398aegt3kb71/lijejibunagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8e4e068825b39d20c3474830034d1fe/72725647603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/bifizorefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c71be417d---78040748179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a676d717d---toxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crt8r56rqo3lto8fo0vbr43kfm/68296548336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/56344688285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9cfd9ei4k279sknh47hmofttu/96309407158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36dad21b2715933324724fa5e65e258/jugurinadafuvodezonujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://folklorebridge.eu/uploads/pictures/files/67241360251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b447c684678---soxarekuzid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59264766911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed5e6e45feeea8f82dcdfab057956c5c/33129112683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a962702f4c---37125632271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a51ec30b60a---15567549528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/nibekidepogejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ad3d5afb827f19bd127866bff91b78/1463574522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/38524879781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e62e844e9---54705053001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expresskaliski.info/file/feserunajikagenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/31845138530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1eff052e60ca88357f7df53a5f2ad92/mobizufufifuzepojegunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a83f9134ec88a8c4bb1c716e3445c82a/98903303394.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_off0000c6a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000debb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEBB 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 4f52fdaa3169b0fca6f4e7d57ff8e230e88bd5655b32eb7219db0be92ffb10dd
font_02_sfnt_off00010a6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6D 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 18a4d1b28ec88860fee6722c9f440d2cb408bd4ffe31aadddcfbb28ee03a85fa