Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5f93b2d396074a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-10-06 01:37:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7fb3c10ef25866b13d3e48c52bc8aa0f SHA-1: 537df895e5d051e7f4b03ed32373c44a2fae0909 SHA-256: a5f93b2d396074a81412364d6eb4a888d9d63370c5fc5909c309693743e80d35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to one of the malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161524dfb9e27a---lasos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/116838954581632326138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/68293402692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/detugufupovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/zipixozotiwesetuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615961796d1f1---fezaturogodoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614047145da25---borefasijiboderelosin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/82690199992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/38069647311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ec0b5534f8---putawatijoxoraxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g32t20cqok65ct9kgm4qaf2etdf84c72/motizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/34899171576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613387bc49cf8---nasidirulutadole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104408017.linker.tw/files/napirobumura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ertekeles.diakszempont.hu/userfiles/file/sozukajamudunuwizavatuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addon-colsman.somantec.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65585973193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ded298266a---54673550211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarm.pl/userfiles/file/jadopapekinokokaduluweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210912_152245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconso.com/userfiles/file/bokabivazunasomefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jedolelitutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dg2c7220dfvlkch9vg0focfq1/90970291249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d58d06fd6---84498049850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minaxogoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pneumonia+on+one+lungPDF 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_off0000c33f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC33F 16728 bytes
SHA-256: 7c858256c18309e07da0728c7b9b4161cb3128dc63c0734f41cc6cedbb5dee21
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED99 10188 bytes
SHA-256: b0d6fdc6a70e540933b5241bcec26f9f1cca27c9f39aa0402a61538d1e522107
font_02_sfnt_off00010456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10456 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1