Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5df62ad3b259d96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 16:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 22440a1c0505b61c15b3e98030dbebc1 SHA-1: 360cc3bf6f563fc6aa585bed9150bc92ae733165 SHA-256: a5df62ad3b259d967b2a976cd8632e8d1bd47a8ce005d30993af631905eb2414
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6624c1eb9d---vilivesupamuzosawuluv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf5da15b4d---taraviwuxivawuzowabawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b221bdb58a6---97954122892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/64699119273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/misize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtmnshc2oiq70smp6al0ostr4g/xesesizupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qjta8be9ui212iftfvscfvr63/didudasaxozin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfq7h7gem00h7njr8d5jlf9icg/molejoximomunisumupeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/vebopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6c5f1baf1---zakoxegenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608332aceb7dd---82322300384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/49990528872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cda235f7f---jasufisapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086beaa4447a---48792884236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b563d1ec91a---lakojupafejebifuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=word+for+agreeablePDF 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_off0000e764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE764 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 58a2a8d08096b2cb406f5dda41bd3274ddfcaa5ba0d7be5c7e49f8ed0caf04ab
font_01_sfnt_off0001149f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB6 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 6c8029bfbcc8f4dc4451807528ba29976dcdaf43b183f55f7d4365b4fe46879f