Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e480c5c23195a06b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 20:01:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 28fd8c225b806d20a1270b01d966edfd SHA-1: 20185d26df1ccb4309e81282015463f8b7d89219 SHA-256: e480c5c23195a06bd8e20c888f92f9f5a5189c194b032691a0aa3c18c724cbad
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a raw IP address in one of the URIs is a critical indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2663da5884b3589580f72aaae0a8bbb4/7688073306.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epqor4nlfhn6p96jn29nbo0pnm/90490186590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772ede47af3---supijukoporokimaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozadukukokawage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lr0o6dedp19es9brl9p9i3moa1/taxinixokeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowry-averyreunion.com/clients/c/c0/c0e4e7922159a76f956c19110b7bfeb7/File/71364731976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/dowawadekizaxunote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/11616419176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/92494042246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/siwuturotojipuwakujinamer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0defa9237---remiwoboxinotixasuvera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/958bcda36f554fbda07479b082e319fd/53475890597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854d8340808---77138163997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af126493d7c---nuziluxesefagid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/538a68d90a0025c4fe5cc51cc0cab222/81964673625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832cfb418d2---pejitelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3e44d44b1---wiwadisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/wopasolerubixodenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/ponijevemibopowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne1d6o7huupeaa8l0pmtqgdu97/zamubigobegumixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd746d2934---89003721472.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=2.1+independent+practice+6.ns.4+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000b858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB858 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d06a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD06A 14976 bytes
SHA-256: 5fc1d5d20218b34f6f15d3957f5f8870b033f72cdbc7b8cbbef2e888fa035f0c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF688 11020 bytes
SHA-256: e4145151a90dfb28f4a2f271a80810a7dc5626d5e7a0919cd18902900a8a01c0