Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cda524f552603c5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 22:53:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a33dd94a3dc4e6bb69ca652055c02da5 SHA-1: cb3275dd6c521c4506990359e946d51046e80382 SHA-256: cda524f552603c5ef35ede161520d12516734edd7777369c95eab685a3a6cb36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, strongly suggests malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate this, flagging the PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to initiate a download or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0740ff8f62b25fc3a3fff5716bf7b6b/ligufamurusogej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e799cca15c7c753a1813e1bef98e499/80532803404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b713379f6ea7a0b0d2dd6b8aeecdb0/naropokudasire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a73342d7c0---wadofagojelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/53539579965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents//files/xares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/64250056412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/77732577754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608882885075a---sagezaviraviwumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa8fede554---4700153627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/031c66775c04b310c7622a43eea10922/87117603201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingceremoniesbybev.com/clients/72651/File/xelaketeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrestoration.net/home/apf/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90976735461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff4c1dc7a07b7c14fbc9cd48bfbd32db/61149604860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/49658088284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/dosilukogabefoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n63cp2r1ar4it4i3uqfec5sv4l/zejojikizitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/nilexamuzedelokamuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d1ba16ede---99956518498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8n0skvfjrblfr160gnt8go806/93714997319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/gupenokunonomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881a130514c---zebiteneputenokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/89504820744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0390b4ea2b---76476856425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+cranky+old+forkPDF 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_off00014b1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16334 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 6f8019b7d7f9246ce9628841e18a22d177677cdd410bec05c73b5da370c074fa
font_02_sfnt_off00017aa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17AA2 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 8ba4691582bf588675fd72326499928061f6ed391b5fc21ca5976a8c2bc82447