Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8a936a18fbac933…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 20:06:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 33a3d992901cf5628a8c1217249461ea SHA-1: b1988211289a322839ea69f2157f3d5f4be3f9e3 SHA-256: b8a936a18fbac933210e2b2b1cc2f7f9756b1a8fde43f315badfda2ccd55781a
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 delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or scam lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites.

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 http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1ebdba1221---pufavesazomamivexugajej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed4fcc2b21---zilijelare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scottleddy.net/clients/862555/File/pogukagawira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/mifezuwaforipoxatilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/73512835046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726c93449b6---pelegewejotatiwife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb34fa73ea930b8fe91c456eeb5ca33b/96401854219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/49996362711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac673d627012fc3eb6e531829fae024/70994381835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1970.org/clients/872719/File/tarunojenelasoruvolutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdb1cb27c75---medesevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9cac034dcc---zakekilokotefoxodurotujix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ild2r5puv334r9cvdn9qsq7ef7/23708521246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/buvuzisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a8fcac178---70630332561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/27684817359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgq7l193ltucu7o3c7ksnog8f6/92708411381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad94c0eb1ed---98071875762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99860412207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761fea9773a---menukabipanogorixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bcb836082---66505909915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd5cabe3193---7728914274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dba70aedd7e---bejasife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+phoenix+project+summary+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_off000101d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D3 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 5d22f691c67982e12c8af6872f591dd7c47d40eb5c51b4849708b5d49fba0118
font_01_sfnt_off00011c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C0B 16268 bytes
SHA-256: 387cb2cd935d5b405ac4c13a1f63ec7d46bda494d0f64b348db949f799f38b61
font_02_sfnt_off000145f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1