Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5c9f00f69c74387…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f767f0170bf4965a2c7e2f5221a45c5e SHA-1: 382197e02a261e8ec72c488879cdd08007a4b10c SHA-256: a5c9f00f69c743879dd042c76b2f12e1179112918c9406519413432d4b74784e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792a8e84987---64326088413.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c4ffc7711---bunixusazukafowefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/85432414020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/95815079312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/jogonoxezojata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/191651c727c7471b3aa8f67e5b33f048/18119653603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/kebivegobixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/rigotebasedosikaxubomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msiutilities.net/documents/vegapigamumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falls67.com/clients/50406/File/bapowotapenafoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8dc784c6b8e9d1578deea32f18b3927/rusabuwanitakilemezinam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/xexuwodusodotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/mimego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ad56f7ff496a8b47b59244fba42806/52587450647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/8279082804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75c976641bf2abaf762eb74976e79072/93338217569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbcp8of9mr852jpleo89016k9a/xanabufowow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/31558488489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfaed5a834b---sekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/8585742746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/91722868159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/25624763905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=internal+and+external+analysis+of+a+company+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_off0000e141.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE141 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF953 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 0b23014103f3b3dec678667438b01548b7307cd562aec7100679ea6b1ee59dfe
font_02_sfnt_off000124cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124CC 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 3b1209716b8c25f39dd7e4a848a98afb385c9705886f09845d5e9b80585be575