Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b41a3b54d0c56476…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-30 09:04:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 53f27d6e623900fb1ae93c87ed276b07 SHA-1: 259f79a62d9d78b3799606fcb44933a3fbc472d2 SHA-256: b41a3b54d0c56476755d56bfcfce99d1daebadc76fe4e5ad1039d5fcc0be9838
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://steffis-strassladen.de/userfiles/file/vuliwakibefujipopek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f8b7f4fec6989995bfc7074c9ef8970/rosumogegukipomodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccee87f87f---55954420741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/ditabogofivalavazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/32215010027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangthuaphatlai.net/uploads/files/78887559976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://di-tech.kr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/40899049711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c7d460a28---12071929425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608143a695e6a---57879606399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161034ccf3f7eb---98796993116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160b20da963439---72259904207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/686b391f421654cb49ea4ca87551dad3/kuledajajokuziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/vivijededalaguxesabevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9d9547d05---45739828989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/zexatekasabobez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/22126408744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/23333054458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/97291501084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a926788c80a---82224984848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/77238206283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iktoktatas.hu/files/file/fopixinijidudilitejumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/91869700645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/a4fdffe419168490de6c8b588503be05.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24e05d0d4f30d25fbc8644703bad5261/kujikodenivogududes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/zitakekukoloxaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=if+god+is+with+me+who+against+mePDF 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_off0000f015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF015 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 6b780e453f942f7208d864e25b161499573b97f3caecbdfe0677d875ce91585d
font_01_sfnt_off00010844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10844 19780 bytes
SHA-256: 5a16ffb1d9f30a1ad7826421a989539cb9997313835a812e447db152ff0a5658
font_02_sfnt_off00013bc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1