Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed4a08282dec3e31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 09:30:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a88c9b3dfe44839c80c415d39ceff1d7 SHA-1: 6f95ac5b7d78f67c437fbc3bb337e52113184a58 SHA-256: ed4a08282dec3e316952742695d91be0638f73150caacd0e5b8ba6622a5bc4ce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to redirect the user to phishing or malware download sites. The numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, reinforce the phishing or distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndc5onhegmlu7ihv5kb6j7in6p/batevotub.pdf
    • http://hurtowniagrafit.pl/userfiles/file/81244938942.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/bupififituvod.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6jc7ipikqkoaoedq0kpuf8lq4/63094210645.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b80b0d1c7---modifa.pdf
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38118501499.pdf
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb38975fa9---rozowazazapurog.pdf
    • http://manixcnc.com/ckupload/files/titubowamazapulepeki.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b653760b0---84866375312.pdf
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860e5f37260---96746781405.pdf
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/14645240934.pdf
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/suduruvozunizuxogogagesow.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a35e48fff0c03576ff82fccab78cec82/ponofonujotufedog.pdf
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fca16e83fe9fec1a6f2d853f1edbba0e/67391663370.pdf
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/42423759324.pdf
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1d53b2ccf---47089983847.pdf
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210628114913989.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b1b11fbf5---92138429457.pdf
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b79e0be61c---16437258320.pdf
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/11078068908.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814c5324e3d---vemisaxonidaguge.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9845e8342---83894718264.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5630152703b3a40609e45d2c1ff7bff6/53728806923.pdf
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754017649d1---vebarokululalube.pdf
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7b7118b2c208fe7a7cdd3304cefe5a6/genawadojunigejaxix.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607563ad1dc91---fozemiweruwixi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+create+mail+merge+in+excel
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eecf.bin
b079deae3266c9f251b62748e0f26a7287cb43f8a4d94b6cba4e4e2caa09d2e5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECF 18060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ef9.bin
7a42b0cffde50eb2f29278287da11f81fbbbe1b9d9c6f90599c141f75fe56dd7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF9 10584 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013720.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13720 16792 bytes