Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4a5e615d8e2eb0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-30 12:03:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7313af8e2158fdbc8fd477cd7b6e5f3a SHA-1: 367697b7ee7d92e54be2ea8df644050b977730f0 SHA-256: b4a5e615d8e2eb0bb311d9ba20d9696269d8bbe0d2fc21741ad087c418b27d6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or redirect users to phishing pages. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=domino%27s+menu+prices+burlington+ia+52601 PDF link annotation
    • http://britishcytology.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88963423028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d38a4757f---86060438460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/xesonotumevatalobopotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53rsj8g9ghtfn7mdgubblfqf9e/61357308446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/740653b1ba76bd15dba65aca4ab4b621/83886942104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d674a0364a9457bfabfab2e2e0f4d22a/20724772790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883db3c7961---dobixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/25181357432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/24375789641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/84376673820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelvista.lt/images/files/fobunolivatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qualityitalia.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58464861407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02uu5j86e6pgta1s2birpprap7/25711232349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-hanasaki.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/29414904845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/fixib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/jisolikavupiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a29228741---65839309207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a208d4749---livifepobekamolewenesefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/kunimajezanabiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/24735757910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9823fd60df---87777389751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41dl826f9ujoj1mn9gbm53h5nb/6026491832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusobugopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13983581838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d46dd29095---degeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE708 11588 bytes
SHA-256: e9e2a9aebf5cac844b7a4560a18dffbca1333f0da97000fcd52829da556b44a6
font_01_sfnt_off00010276.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10276 17968 bytes
SHA-256: ad60b813208fb81bdecab397089dcece239d5111d6a77f3f80895b88af79ca1c
font_02_sfnt_off00013222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13222 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1