Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8553eff16502421…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:19:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9430ba58e3b5d83636771e7b915f33fa SHA-1: 9f3c68870a45e5a4c2ca61b25bbdacac98eb1cd5 SHA-256: b8553eff1650242172ee33e930fbcd30625de455499b2e1d33d2f3f31507990f
164 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 executing malicious code. It also features a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious destinations. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a phishing or malicious redirection intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776371cfe2a---jesasubugolokivuxiri.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47qp64hd8p8jtlvishithkvca3/sadoxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a116e09c5f---58889006826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/witaradevume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/798a0c4u5us57d0mlui5g7lopo/84462214469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazirisumuxevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607996c2b3b87---latowemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/66515244614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964c6287d31---xukadelawufuguse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/78673580715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec31a51c4e---bekaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/jekitowixovozuxajerijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents/files/58364288493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee13bd1c13f---45262362126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a0c575a4b---77693326420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chpcentre.com/files/file/fidalevarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deaprogettazioni.it/userfiles/files/2045619522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportnazona.bg/f/uploads/files/rivenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17350085615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/lonijufodekimakejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/27793129889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendsol.com/userfiles/file/zezamibepolefaxodufebepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a92fc64a3---84182146317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e2f937ca8---fiminixiwurekudeziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=evanescence+my+immortal+piano+pdfPDF 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_off0000bd07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD07 10944 bytes
SHA-256: e6160e5aa069a92692f75f424d09168fceb9245cd5d4b434a0917167c54fb338
font_01_sfnt_off0000d669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7B 19364 bytes
SHA-256: f40136412fbeec7ee006684536b2510c877a208a5eb8cf17e59699bb9422f1b2