Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d502059f36a1e455…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 11:25:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bc1ba069cf80669282a8ac8caccc5a53 SHA-1: 393897b0b79d1f57e7958199b41e38670c1d835e SHA-256: d502059f36a1e455e6dd761770a28b21ec3bcc38a9d67aa4361c427bb1af0f89
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm. The numerous URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded JavaScript are consistent with techniques used to deliver phishing lures or further malware stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3lcalsji3598srro544smannr/gedejotogoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e4a7faba9ae5a3ffd081d121a9f3db8/861657540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefibewawesigodisorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dadb98dc64839e207f7691562426e821/40716218381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fe94ee52c0609e22ac66d650b52a114/81614118003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6djkjn703i64q6t6msp823voq4/sukelotupusalonani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniontend.com/userfiles/files/nigifefalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag8m1r163o6alql07u89d4r960/67169526527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43181f7993adb524a92feb34c0de88c2/ditemotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flywings.sk/UserFiles/file/85259821684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27fee15647---50602620503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tebsc.com/clients/84181/File/pogukezotezike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/578005ed7d27edf8a891caff59b789d5/13328529189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/xemifimobexasokoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukukixadefejezagenugebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikakuludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/10078069374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/gerotitezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777b0c981aa---zuwididumesise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0gqj1j378sj47uiivualgvl17/83489562497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/49566068429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/neberub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/walew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=curva+de+roc+en+rogersPDF 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_off00018a80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A80 18928 bytes
SHA-256: 10206d41dca3a9537c8cca39d18cb6df4f47f1f0466f28a73c6c872ff44d58d6
font_01_sfnt_off0001bc7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BC7F 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 2beca1b1c6077bb73be24e4484735ca89a39f48ac928bd0e48e9022c371ccd6e
font_02_sfnt_off0001d459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D459 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1