Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca703eb16bdebe0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:09:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 49ac67ff2065ea9d144a4e29d611612c SHA-1: ea6f1d5b5eaf2c3fdcdfd0b46c29da965284ebfc SHA-256: ca703eb16bdebe0b32efd012c6eff3c065bed6019643159dc9637aa7034cfba6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/95811035697.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45562db15b---30932751066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eacab1293---59433792679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f67d1e803e---logipemaxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/5062188512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maschimaurizio.it/userfiles/files/57488853975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607230ed2c85d---jibidulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f024aaaad0---61381439525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094fffb173fc---gelesosibamunitekivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/mekumexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099976779a04---40568860818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d88f9a3618877d77f543cb248c7d4eb5/15806775379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55uj8r80a4eidejqdtcsu71qu2/mavojamaruvomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ausd4ktd4fbpcqsll6t5g4v12v/47366230054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/dokurakigigoretitavupimit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b2e3b2406---besugufabuxuwugigexor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/13678961091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dc2614c31---dajiwenaxisemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f251229ba393eaa70f0b28b8aba8ef9/pevuvosebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/gijexofuvofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/37133734298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/99490646049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70f2626b70---17628415216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/zezelojowavisetarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb5bfaefbef6e9bdd06a01e3323c0d01/9670018825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=argos+case+study+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_off0000f27c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27C 10748 bytes
SHA-256: ac399bf78b8b5995896289fcb61cf9a2a142318ecfc66719c082595a665e63f2
font_01_sfnt_off00010b34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B34 18396 bytes
SHA-256: d4488cd7e74554c1597c62231ad8366ed915436e72782cbfae8c6e49584ccf11
font_02_sfnt_off00013a97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1