Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c230a0d0ca57108b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:36:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ef228c117d3036ebb1ad0397749d9421 SHA-1: 641d96c7cc5182e859a1292b0879aacb6f32857f SHA-256: c230a0d0ca57108b3cf93c9c09b2f4ce5c8c5248a342619848550ca69b8157ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of multiple external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and forming a link farm, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d3b838d3c1---9131086745.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e873325cdc---pufujubago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/47849125974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9aa3c8f110c15322bdce36354440782/nitekaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/63955248931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proetcontra.hu/userfiles/file/topuvozuzugududid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82ce281649---20832775599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildzipper.com/clients/wildzipper/userfiles/file/pamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782fa34599f---fupiderupukukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/79672136852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/muburovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c423869e4d9---87970570460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optometrystaprzemysl.pl/userfiles/file/62869017113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6595c84e23b6f64794ea4492d5dda73/dodokagolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3265954ac58622b53b44e99081ca796/zorosorovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronel.com/userfiles/files/zuzakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/fopiluninefekunisufinev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6560a287c2---fowubitefupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f506fadaa8eb2a600d09b6d56368059d/48392969851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/47820741499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eae8f746b4---19083960988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62025425976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808537133dd---217866026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5b9c3f734---13226757364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/65470802249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=an+introduction+to+nineteenth+century+art+michelle+facos+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_off0000e8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B9 18784 bytes
SHA-256: 752d355a95b2899198dc8faf0807c4a713f966f19f28053792c20b63d64e66b9
font_01_sfnt_off000119b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B8 11080 bytes
SHA-256: b307560134f6904ce18c7ed6db5c4e16955607834678a955f58eb508c32db159
font_02_sfnt_off0001336a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1336A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1