Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5558305f91a32c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

129.6 KB Created: 2021-08-23 07:51:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c37fd4618bc8897ae5b963099b8a3c8b SHA-1: 82a2a36d0f382f4a4bd706e2e51660a4181eac1e SHA-256: b5558305f91a32c863719c5f116a30b8a0fb61ecac08dc6fd6f07cf2a614c1e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, along with numerous unknown URLs, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a525faeffd---74898716181.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/namezebowenuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/xexapetipirilekojujetume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/17469284315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e107fbec37b---68965890071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f6ea18f91---dedizusegoguwavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/40448133084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/legaledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/86873651726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/repiwolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessnavigator.in/ckeditor/uploads/files/39667916418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee8c1ccd3f3---puxiwerurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s93tjjkk0gtt9ttbukujf3f2t/ziluwuguxujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a7156d6d6---77537146278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graviroz.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozixupejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/notesawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807907060c0---zelezekiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/59436702338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/sofagonadokuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609684901504a---lowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/20592710648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cj54bh2u8v60abfgajrqc8go7h/zefamarovoxebexitule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d8454fef3---mabudixipip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caffepontoni.com/uploads/file/25233080593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f224b9e34ba---94168330592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+ecological+systems+theory+quizletPDF 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_off000198f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x198F4 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 3b95acf8c522a6e24bf59a8ad90f1a472eb32c977354f7abe6b5ae20ededd6a9
font_01_sfnt_off0001c6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C6C0 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 3937661e6543be705f9d58d21e68100dd5b949e733e5fa5f32982eea76f48558
font_02_sfnt_off0001e00d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E00D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1