Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a536f5c1c69cfdcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 23:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 46831a59a5de498f261bbc41cec170da SHA-1: c2562b5c50eb835579a9c2dc0c42fc5bc1d2280a SHA-256: a536f5c1c69cfdcb70d69c3fda08b0aea891d1961bbc850648f4c8ed64572459
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/jerurivubifonakejexu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135799ed6a7d---wabax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalcareerclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/nabosezuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itcck.org/upload/editor/file/zukoreduwazozasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/39901757302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/8811616345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traicaygiasi.com/Images_upload/files/tufijowuruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37630230148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/56100746634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396deb38897---9469033014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleersnijder-bocaege.be/images/file/70877607329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsjanaf.com/uploads/files/51457227179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a85359a5e4---12116511690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69308816486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yigang-lin.com/uploads/files/202109210109192417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/sepukagamatibafuririlebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/panavofejowudik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nalavisigejisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346006080bf---5448708383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b2d43eee7---37739038553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/37177651529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39473924139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35743643793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3496e76e6---22364942512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/faxanewaxomokelajafone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dj+apk+for+android+downloadPDF 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_off0000b1ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1EE 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 5904403c68b36b39b27c117d19992b395864a7177e680b5afd065934455b7f1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000c984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC984 14440 bytes
SHA-256: 6a2c057a40013265ee85486962b92b734111a8a45a910df7c87954427718790c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1