Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c137fac2554d4795…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:36:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 908550ac50ab1074e8f976fb6914c020 SHA-1: 4851ec635cede92325524fdf294c61d35f795981 SHA-256: c137fac2554d47950c10b6b201804bc494e2ccbbf47e7af1db624e4faceaa628
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a 'password-protected archive' lure suggests the document is part of a multi-stage attack designed to bypass security filters. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c683215daf---84704756161.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210630_B448BC6D2F2C9EDD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/964e0008b95b8c201d5b45f534b350e0/58323055908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/47510683535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbc9525aa0c---54585927857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/madamunakorozusapibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/wuzemekezije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/21076131462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitunerin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltle6jkvn8morgbqhupp0phb45/dimomowitiwawemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0b1264fe02f7254ccbf505554a0e47b/zetogonogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0du07bpp4lg0int7hp0uf1vg1j/xizifajudameni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4149883673---binot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607936617ce0d---53292378962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinohair.com/upload/files/866075445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a26d1416f08f46c205694dbfec0c8932/8835640820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/zuwudejuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080860f056ef---13892969687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63h153hrqq51vecj6u466ef20a/bujixopukonupurajixuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/34288180653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/27920501647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=elcomsoft+advanced+pdf+password+recovery+v5+0+professionalPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e185.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE185 30164 bytes
SHA-256: 86e3577c4b8c019a5a4ae2bc66258f89abaccb29b9243b95498133fb912d9545
font_01_sfnt_off00011e42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13653 16352 bytes
SHA-256: c4a882167b2647f5e441b447dbbea58a9e45d77a6439dc03c3f1267ba871a710
font_03_sfnt_off00014ca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CA2 11288 bytes
SHA-256: e74636fe982df12e337fd64c06379bdbe3fa1dcb41e41cbea9d9a66e11a41f30