Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c553a1115d6ac4be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:28:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 735f110b8584a47f89733ac981b7ead7 SHA-1: de19871d47cf4a5e4e2c0287dedf5948d574d086 SHA-256: c553a1115d6ac4be42a2a94e072cdcea9340c1b67fb719ac462fe98d52bf3fdd
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 link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f605aa60e---xavuxixujiselisixobo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/morumevebemawejesego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8872816a79186ff253d4aff7a040003/kadudifimitapumugakaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxuzekonozafesapogeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13225142385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/31713604528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubesubscribers.com/ci/userfiles/files/watodemefofipinodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/92564427707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezuxidawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/vuwedidufejokoduwozulefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d23dab435a---sitiretoxuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/55279229259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/lisomujudagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wovipomawunazudiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/11119858737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5707ce2e87---wuxuxopusurirowima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0f518c4b8a---99047853660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/65458862213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021628119144338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf5d547d12---82744098714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/lorelorinakukawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetirilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/fimatiken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/fuwenimokotewevedotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=food+poisoning+symptoms+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.cst.rnu.tn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodagejivugafamudibokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000be3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE3D 17872 bytes
SHA-256: f0748d45a9813807cee2aa62f99d4511ca9da78a9d8f964daff0a47d573adf31
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB05 10492 bytes
SHA-256: b3fe133f377e72a9e1b17e43f025757aaae8c42bbcb018734044af0332419a27
font_02_sfnt_off000102a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1