Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a523e827d0e8b926…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:08:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bbcc8d9a134ace8af6abe48ef6fc8da8 SHA-1: 5d2fe11a46657a2d6e22f8f3a7a6c8f011d92b1e SHA-256: a523e827d0e8b92614dc58964a3f1361c19980fa1775a526b22a59a1e1c4357b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely used to host or distribute malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=la+velocidad+de+la+luz+pdf+javier+cercas PDF link annotation
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607228d0c97ff---gagejixijafusemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/lifurizewisuwojuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e097952e74---97836744679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56760666682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a76661d1b0030284c60bed4942855cb/67670053813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210716214443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b3314dad9---lalapewagimuwaxosuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae541bf9e3---52718229232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/binimodugonuluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemmurad.com/webroot/img/files/78549283471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077be10211ed---riwaweguzudowonedekepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/35427648403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28328381894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/57856466423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/xuluwamajokodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cegled.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/56751247607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/93871699918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/gokanitufetavososam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/gurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvmnotarissen.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/20336845093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c254bb1f0d---78339580400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/zajewapopadudikodubakef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fee3b66c5a79c1ed06fefc56979e397/36888871110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40462379581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/nojigamitinovunabisoligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diporinawamuberikumupo.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_off0000bbd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBD8 17224 bytes
SHA-256: a5a176aaca3dbc628bc18ac658fd54ab782f7ed59026ce3904c835338b39e985
font_01_sfnt_off0000e736.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE736 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4D 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 48317be57113ac2ce633b7fbc1f1bb6b125dc7cea9f42ac416f9cdeaa32f54ca