Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adce51bb95b3b7ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:22:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6434d97d8cd929c25896025fe61c1820 SHA-1: 891d898cfb6b71a0de49bbaca985744789e8d32e SHA-256: adce51bb95b3b7babd7dfc050ab682bad43a6e5bd4a691540ae6a6947c67ac42
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing payload or exploit. The presence of a download button lure further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdbe897515---82343667480.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2967950a3e0743c5874ee7873e6e8032/14023857632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/65455314019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/kolugiwefovago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/sokowowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/memasilugegiluluxoranuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d40267bd0966a3b7e45271a4f9b87a7/getuxewurugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/jigobatubadadinapupote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebfbe11b0d---kuxetofimotumabali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/969c4635b9fa014b36911141a7824b14/dakotureguwutamabusoziwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb365ca03---rozabojapenaparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fee6c3d8a6e19f0659d9bbdc9aaa3ff7/jugamikeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161181886c899b---kezejomunikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21770730694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/77634431812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b1826a09d---bijorefepuxazexosaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/46605009229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/56214970243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/63457092903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/8558951689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellogo.in/userfiles/file///nuzexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/13037967621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8881fe84f49c6871c3f37d051b66e175/68406447247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pci+design+handbook+7th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c012.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC012 11268 bytes
SHA-256: d16118eaed16b77708650a27b9d26b065821546f33ec306e12fe99bda9471ccb
font_01_sfnt_off0000da27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA27 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 11e3aff6b1493800c6d02cd356600e60cf38e44387cbbfbd8f635a7db6989ab9
font_02_sfnt_off000106a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1