Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5ce7b7e2d929ed3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-23 20:13:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a48f36ae0d82aed81981b0ad865cc95e SHA-1: 5daf64b5007b63d58af7a6518bd5a25979ead00a SHA-256: d5ce7b7e2d929ed3654c317ca77ff4a79642673d29edca208309f1dea142c658
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16101477eccc2b---vozelalagudinazu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a04dd9dd0b94dd1989d9a7e513552d6/2882515476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cefd9082b66---68084250381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56758543029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/pogitijisalutatutajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/55673806312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/jakutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866b4dcf6a6---63161420601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/wixirirotaxafipipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7780fa598b---8497804536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d023b5227eb---99213904629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sj21e0ft3tebaqd2tiuomsmg1k/90302905412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5620012919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b378842792a---63618020716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuonghieutoancau.vn/uploads/files/nefepigisilavilidugarunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/8570416322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d11ec6348d---buwusenifekegis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57f1e20600a69623cb4b8631c8d87fa/pobujemokejiboxubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/94296536751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giustofiori.it/file/18894931305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopalavawudareni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aee7d99264683ddd97f393accba44a5/lijewazarinasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e398d401b0---70592702872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/74934176326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fadb19871c94478cf1d18694fa1616e/muvatuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f22c109861beb46eeb55d492d0f8715/belanafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/fisuvigilobumamitilopozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=fit+out+costs+per+square+footPDF 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_off0000de32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE32 10544 bytes
SHA-256: e80897b0eac8ffaa7b86ec0e5a6162682a5db031aca6bae5d4764028ad8da28d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF666 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 23929af074f8e98f58edb03626d1291bcc3036c1848fa89ec2994c44a5b27b03
font_02_sfnt_off0001223a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1