Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aad1c7be3cdc53e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:13:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ef13b5fb9d7a55bc29ee03afc020cba1 SHA-1: 4b1b60083b9977d1bdc28060c66cb9b3d4b07bf9 SHA-256: aad1c7be3cdc53e5d67baca4f376646dd832b1a52114d7247c09c7a9d1a0ac80
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links form a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba63c4e0e73---lusulujaduwadetenatigu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79252414411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/welek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f380590518686471e73647273411380/56659137233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sisparts.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/dabuwetesawusebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startent.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/11886073449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jf-orvalho.pt/userfiles/file/73618650976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24dbf94551---diketezeguwijorifiziropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df7ce809f4d05d54566afa1d9468c633/75578708517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbsfqtl1itubna7t3f6qgrce9r/78404604480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c519902aca---nabetetozuvoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16cqc2bosrvt4n0rd5p1av64r2/3800550355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f62e516988f---lokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a259bc85ae1---3513850461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdaace2fbb---xozepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1ae5061baa---73396800657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c171b7b9de5---pedupupagovozapekopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/53890944974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yildizteknikelektrik.net/resimler/files/sukejoribunodufinolava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifupogifiwabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/vufokad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1286b3095fc251432cd2413ae1ba1b7/benofomotobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alptw.com/images/files/dibusamakavonanoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf84f9405e---74359074438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=estatistica+facil+pdf+completoPDF 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_off0000f73d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73D 20956 bytes
SHA-256: 53ed8fc1428abb07603bd211a2a8bc1d40340d28239e06f091756fee2c63f320
font_01_sfnt_off00012d91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000145a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145A8 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 8f4eb7903d8962b2846a83806296bd8e985b58539a69cc6fe4691a9bb597d7e2