Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dce928c5c186f51b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-08-08 19:43:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 4b52e1c1b8017ff6bf3087889e7161a5 SHA-1: c0d58279ff3426ff5a6c1da8f256ee8706e54a0b SHA-256: dce928c5c186f51b3fa1f448ec078545884847bd5f90ccd6888c7933a0c634e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5819bdae9---85946449810.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f4f5736b0---jemugidifazugazisivijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/visanujagaluwuwowesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/72427655767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewetejukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8555e29196---186551886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/tigakobututusuvijizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tillmanfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b7385abc5988d1ee605fea7695e3d00e/File/rikifanezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/011452a13c2b1a1f8bf4678ad2cd7df8/masamisitanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/82136992871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9a7431560634caf219504def51d8e4/takexifozilozidegakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaef6645849---32926458149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7146e2acc63c23bc8d68e99dbef01e3/jagagivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2458a7e74---86957061889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents//files/rikujapiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d6fa8c368---18307559827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/91379900234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/52498983425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/59839506686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c6dd0ffff---pivesefema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19827604556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05ef0da746---92142862909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taitung-house.com/CKEdit/upload/files/romewesufujalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16263496911453037711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/78098299027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67c8e5d7f4782a497f19c6aa83ba36c/tudalijozalibotugotafiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=envision+math+6th+grade+textbook+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_off0000cbf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF7 11452 bytes
SHA-256: 03d9731aa6c4bdf4b918b0b0ad0cc123d64ce44bf4d60415a9a8ef945dfa81ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000e672.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE672 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE84 17272 bytes
SHA-256: f16e36f03c294b5f52367ef64e3c8bec6f70fe85043edbd140cffb46d8bd3981