Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab8516188cf2401a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:03:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 23bf1a1fd10d8cb4b03119a211fb8d28 SHA-1: b0dc754e5a6cfcc0c477831531f2222c31f00bf6 SHA-256: ab8516188cf2401ac2eb9e6623b40d2bf451016cc504e878ca2b4583777c80df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to lure users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c79bcb386---gedaxeli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://labonguyenhoang.com/img-chamthi/files/paviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/37995654253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c247515774---welutufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a285333d087---59981918335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vndi686a8cqoqrocp39mhlul7o/80652212536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/viwejokerok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083541fb7b67---dobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4ebda4091---53869765254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202107/file/77121911405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlw.ro/UserFiles/file/luvazarorepedamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cde4c0c3f---84106436257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents//files/vevajuriwujiwidomanabefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-brno.com/files/nezege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents//files/73113648660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21820127567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/34790317040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/25280071923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcea3bbc106---74028643529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/zupadazeroniza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/40600297509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/movologutazuguvax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c4a68ea54bef81214f52abf1812b1b/99583113318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef5d3aa3b5---fanazudifobizagusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=white+christmas+free+piano+sheet+music+pdfPDF 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_off0000b193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB193 14376 bytes
SHA-256: 9bd19ec828152e576c9fc456a1c4de47b346547c902a9fc82d0f1af063f14cf4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F9 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 8b8fc2e7d66593ad7139129fe31536f1e4d797887d93f6a0cf61dda8c89ca01a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1