Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b194adcfb8b5bbe4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:57:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e07dd4b25caa8f8ab8bf5378a9f2dc8e SHA-1: 3be63908d6d4b43d1ff657854e5775c077d85eeb SHA-256: b194adcfb8b5bbe4b6e29647d18dd3b9c3229fb7ebfe79fac340a92c28ac2fc7
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a phishing lure by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, which in turn likely serve malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the overall structure suggests an attempt to exploit users through a deceptive document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607122a68382e---59549403676.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://medtravel.pro/images/hand_uploaded/files/veresukilumaruzewonajosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/60748081568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2b86f8ad03---42753476038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/95937121510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c6cf41769---kewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wesomiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sas.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimarajeguxinorimufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/nazejepixekefunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/tegapemowunidotakasavabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuchscars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/008bc8a146cf8307a6a0080f6d3093cc/lipaxaxaxavanigumoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbeo1acdy3adh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/mevexozolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/pejubetadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958ad6007f4---xaxegatawovuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9e26177d7---30666537290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/43248306968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/tawurejuwijadigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/seboluregavunejumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/bosujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/49058349679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/96342739455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/15509914412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanticcompact.org/userfiles/files/84403521041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/54096159898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/23343685941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33720a89409d0bcf4168fe92ca7e10d0/toxosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=implicit+differentiation+worksheet+hardPDF 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_off0000b7a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7A3 14316 bytes
SHA-256: 4afeac3acec9c558db738fb0b767e57fb90348548293a2b90bbcc8f1598df03b
font_01_sfnt_off0000db1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF336 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 2d600bfbb48250c056632f66818bf694c37650b07b503ae6765f3001d12d28af