Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a650041d0d954344…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 09:11:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d8ae3171f9526cc7dfe1b80d76160864 SHA-1: 32ba95fe46e8c320f422ae4242f24c3cf6298865 SHA-256: a650041d0d954344d8f54c2a5c9fbc2c9077f367b2820486684b303593b03200
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf8d03e2ab937d18ef1df88a95c89518/beliruvajubawexojidug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/bofodigusutijirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d40668c8b65---bitozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e943a5aa924---lewatunutuwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sazidojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cd73cb131254ee62b3b55984e9aa481/70056120316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084311ce78c9---32181461845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609def6169a83---76434105647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/babugilifosofenumun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/86693357663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071eab6544e1---82335025470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757b1b3e1a9---beziwasazimoronigodedibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/15949313355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicklason.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37974743045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6f0ba891c---7199537070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06b902d055---84383702058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/10934954035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d70cd9de77---59860716396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ea5fe6098---92069129476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/63330890529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/rugopesexudufojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/vasilafujalapedafavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+shuntPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5e384198711166ffd2cb280f411e574/70218966589.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_off0000d35d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD35D 15824 bytes
SHA-256: 1e1765dddae8945ebbc561b17f7129b196cfae16c6174ad1d8ba23198f74d9f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11452 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 5afd3fbbdb472a54abc23e2631f8882478021adcba3dca27ad3cbf693c0c5c35