Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5dc372c3a1e0234…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:02:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2087af99afe0fdbc2e122686cb646ee1 SHA-1: ef135773004bd8fb8431a9ab2aab770ba43cdd1a SHA-256: a5dc372c3a1e0234a3542ecb4524ef86adf9dd6f815ce9a06fca89077752d1eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or SEO poisoning campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=contractions+verb+to+be PDF link annotation
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbad41e6d7fbf9c9b807a15519d16f5f/rafizidijejuzav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b6898fe8c7462feb0dcc526d4c5744/xipudagupumorutejupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunjewelsonline.com/userfiles/file/lanuvudepunufulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70247290736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/42509597520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monarchiaerembolt.hu/tmp/16963838987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haniltm.kr/upfiles/editor/files/23204175579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93804960277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f63d148bf3---viwunuton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/xigepoxuxebiwebemudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/fozemumafovizezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894deff3e4e---bitopiwugidawopeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d2af7b0c2f---34808683849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/ritolenetiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/34573381840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escrima-rlp.de/userfiles/file/21781126298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqkrv68p1iitdm9t4ebt3e5ke2/72032436172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/70393601376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6d2756d16---lunaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a90f36bb2f90862f3088d75e5df30ae/guxero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfae970c251---57816430798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8a8e8689728001805a59c663afc7a70/vurezegozixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoforedajibolupekowitivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmvueiv4npcpgqljpdgmquo77f/51105771691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/mosomorimotowaremudonosik.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_off0000eff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF4 19424 bytes
SHA-256: 14da4a67dbb71019096dfb4ec462eac51faa9b4f1c57de88c713108c5f5c16e3
font_01_sfnt_off00012234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12234 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 8ff2b36ef0a52e207c8283840cccc4f6ff7f51e60644bbf369d99a7a1d9beb7d
font_02_sfnt_off00013a0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1