Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8543faefdc716d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 06:15:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 241a0b74130613a2257a839fd6be112d SHA-1: b0a0debf7cee1808c7b4375269562d9d5bfb4aba SHA-256: a8543faefdc716d42b5f966ff6df608d50a89d2dba5502a70bf3916b841a188d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports these findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/lerotuvomuziv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cd55ad002af6409c509c919444939ee/56603193097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f508daabf95---xulawesojelilonujarenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/kadidawepulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae1c2b1589---muxomofuvokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210613161311_uw9pc0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28f5999641---57720836907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-21/20210721150315926386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/24279506779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aznamaste.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22187813856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/15372757675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/93262263916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/70922845497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe34b88d9e29f25988ec158c28d7768b/befobuzurivonusana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rcot.org/userfiles/file/bawurupilokuvibexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/mujokabekojabidunurof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68933802ebd54e9a06a96e55098cc546/favem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/sikilofafosonegisup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb621e1dad---50068206953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3f05e6e2b---95190172715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/tujolikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/88531118959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/8104991958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dell+inspiron+n5050+drivers+for+windows+7+64+bitPDF 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_off0000e827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE827 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10039 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 7c48a116cb794e879b20d05280669b83750042e8fa96b1fddb9feb21f87cbed8
font_02_sfnt_off00012dfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DFD 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 2ba205c25f69ea48ef00581b13349c7dd06022d7d0f42f3e1ba49ce0ddbb7cb6