Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c519c114d8be1971…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:48:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8da60963490593f85dc3a662795c10d7 SHA-1: 37e64ec3378ae2b52c5f86a6bc9ad8f532acb80e SHA-256: c519c114d8be19718b8cfc33bafe89f56189db23e44587f3c6fd1129b494828d
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. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87ca07b287---62965100495.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b0c8ea803839eadca9292c399922ff/rubezojesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be14a0ab3fe---69812647219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a02f23613---doputifebavusimuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/baletanuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dea9cdbbfffb74f841e9d34029853fc/99389495612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8974d374c091b7c832e0b7875a5b74a0/wixetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/jalojud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teranor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10582072054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3033e1a3e161e2d373b5c82afb149874/64951306067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc0fb700a3409bb82d67c991af62d15b/75036699239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.comuserfiles/file/bofemugajirikubegidubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationforexcellence.com/clients/66491/File/jeresozenenepinekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf6529635---73407761458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keifo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipafiwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///56228702491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610752c6b489f---vudepobarisegavisatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c21597183---49784549377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/323c522e44c81f2af178f7e383bb0f39/70048675283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fizesifuneda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/voxawajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jeferozujuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fibiwidajuxutaluzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b51fc1254---35224869023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=uses+of+computer+in+industry+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_off0000cdde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDDE 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 799e06910d8f89d2e7433d1eac13ca6eed55aacdf35d97fa1cf00f6f18226bfc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BD 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 38304d14b7956ed7ead20b93e8a97cb24dd9d9a64f1c4885bfd9866837bffd8a
font_02_sfnt_off000112f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1