Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5676524f7a0ffd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:53:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b4c90e9ff211bf97f3804fcbc8624143 SHA-1: dd8deac61c4dbac7eac2cce56313cd5c6c9e46d8 SHA-256: e5676524f7a0ffd2c392c7535b2f5daa9001312ba62dd0c96813052eb3a52a4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These link farms are a common tactic for distributing phishing pages or second-stage malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

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 https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f55c26f0c7---pagofiwexotemoki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ccac0dd1f1a7e3aaa77945c78cd72f/warekomakubivipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075387a8981e---pipunadolimuxajijamoxowir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb2dbc21bd---jurasojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c8dc2781e---6281605915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aed73c5cc07b63127b9a0dd511c38864/89713617625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i68r5jv94t0pbmi631d20j6but/gigipadamivudukalokitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiabiru.com/contents//files/46789602552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ecb46334c95d7f04ee75e2c77df0b75/37905836715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9a6e0c8bc4c0a1ed3e366bb6fd363d8/64211062469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/fokilugos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607064fc29e14---fewuvijidisenitonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608706b2d29fb---53330680853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16930420099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf14cc9ef4---9789614227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu58hjt4ot3ko2candqlg311df/34974703898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940c2a3af81---18986468323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c5b614259---42197137492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/sibupimujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/rufivelexuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu0fgh8ci89u1jh76st0k55vd9/tuxotovasesivunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kerigulizevosulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/jemufezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=last+day+of+piscesPDF 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_off0000f9b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B4 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 8f0d5a5562fb5621ad1a19d1a3526ac05915cc6e17beac401dacea6048ebe3ee
font_01_sfnt_off0001118e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1118E 16784 bytes
SHA-256: be3e55a8c6ab0eab074d7d18e65561bae6ed084ec18f49b4cbd9acabfd682b6e
font_02_sfnt_off00013d3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1