Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05d1b9bf5d8ecc0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:47:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e005aa03376990f622f720c9c8bd79ab SHA-1: ddd5496b31830d0865c18503601bab3688a78338 SHA-256: 05d1b9bf5d8ecc0dd2968dc59777eefe7668d15eda4313aa3436f7be4667a3a2
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+spider+man+2+putlocker PDF link annotation
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93481162108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613870453993b---76307068639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210903184956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/pimutaruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/26132198325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-jtech.com/userData/board/file/5799825447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://likeevent.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/5635246072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da78bae968d3adee5a50708fa57977a6/rejutafomurewoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/wewesogonepizexatobowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/53919904690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinivideo.hu/sites/infinivideo/files/59651494621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphastkala.com/userfiles/file/10048272699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimore.vn/webroot/img/files/18330083112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pscworld.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevotazene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/safopirewafoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/zokasobubezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/43470901874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141145738764---boxepemugosatuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/mizewizebikilopirakumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclubcom.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/85855100999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/55615084593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suha20c56vng9u7b2gp68pfmd0/venodidusalepovimoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesvil.it/filesUploads/file/27418233016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92520088015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutejijegoguvexosena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b39e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB39E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBB5 11084 bytes
SHA-256: b468fcb2eeb7ef02c64d5cc127cfc61fa6eddee92d4813dfb3f7a895cda0e972
font_02_sfnt_off0000e573.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE573 15212 bytes
SHA-256: 587123733a2203fd05245238f24c25bf7c42e27d79e738f11e22e4a8915ff232