Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b755449588f6407f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:22:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4f4040e67b75e721a3fdaeaa08b8d4fd SHA-1: 1fd51ecda469cb893e3f3f68641527514094c4cc SHA-256: b755449588f6407f7f69f6d094cccd7af323ee81ebfb0999817bcfe46a865cc0
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8773

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f93534c26f---rarudelukakor.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc0cee580be2f5c1bb81dad43d0e07f3/pikonebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/86293444378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893109ec89e---9040975648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/xatojafimiwidarefinaditon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66c17c4bdbd685cb6aa2219f9fc51696/xuvoraliwufogajate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52e79349836f82f97c0932f23680be49/kefaxuzaxatobimixufoxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a933de3f09---56108118801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff84a4e753---63800533113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o45u0rubimdfijcvch2qs087l7/nogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d150114594---muzalogujipokasaxasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8275048b8717451e28345e2f6a82d63/zetoxowozubekeluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aah405frqcontpi66qegnjh1ic/vifivapikujepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27e09727c6---75482246825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1bee5a658---3713450335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b298dd6d21c7f136ea5811a7f69f8ce/zaragokeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767aec2a045---lagixarovenoruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e7a3b9804f---juvuridumed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9badebb0204c6ab4ae7e692389a486e4/10621024230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/lifagiliravuburapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonlegacy.org/clients/61515/File/31112442090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest66reunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6f8b7bd17d60304c359e527a2c43449/File/96551326852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/gafebumebuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9737fa7ef9---16242191038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7tkl31h1r5t8l57h5mhrsde34/pujefagelixetuxopomexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7r2mfsqrb7n1ef0nduuhn475h/49439736550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=is+oxidation+an+exothermic+or+endothermic+reactionPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001071b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1071B 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 78ecf8e6b815915fb8d90f682407fa5e2b9430ed59f7c36deee35c1cff9d9725
font_02_sfnt_off00011c7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7F 17856 bytes
SHA-256: d4b7159e4a7218cf819fe73f62b29e52f25a61db336f01041bb7fab9d4e480b0
font_03_sfnt_off00014c1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C1C 10644 bytes
SHA-256: a7ffbc60ccdbb2fcbf6fc96ef837197ed79cdcba77344d67c56bbd5dec903813