Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a653633fb45e1895…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 05:25:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4a5236a59e365713f06e55adacfc6107 SHA-1: c748223290ad5dea771ce473f7e1149d86c65bb6 SHA-256: a653633fb45e1895abee5dccd039fd116af89afb41fee5ebe0db00096375143f
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 acting as a link farm. These links likely serve to obscure the final malicious destination, which is probably a phishing page or malware download. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+there+any+preparation+for+an+echocardiogram PDF link annotation
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7843a113e686443523434d208b05e9d0/balezolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d154145d6190363387c6958c44dcdf8b/rotojizaxamowipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16075daa5b163d---43897794074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b45f17950---dejunujosew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/vavowexofadovejivipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokuxofowoduvepidoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c2k1kms500lbkl7pdro4al7nk/56784708222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210503013256325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b67af22d37---34389559205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/debironokebamuxemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/611a8261d71a3ca8c2e11f4e8b6e297e/9948519815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobiliteit.nu/files/94235934557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/files/pukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/bifetajukefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adb4ca9891---botimalibezawavodemudasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/67194578325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/30509492152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f8dbd7539---99749144558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/nizagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5e2400059a---4170193527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/gegewenigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161027175e5a12---50906853674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1866c52b235f7caa2fdb44630fe4cec0/jedorokijesugetirudigikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82425316518132fe30ef9d1b4a78b0fa/gofujatabijulejekel.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_off0000f0f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F6 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 829642604efbd094bfc7e216295c1da73b4eff126cd110726b56679857530919
font_01_sfnt_off00010a75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A75 16124 bytes
SHA-256: 16854fa67e2dbee5db0051ae8db373438273ed6332efae3b6f6677fb85c92d12
font_02_sfnt_off00013419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13419 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1