Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05d9d849ca5eff7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:26:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fffd363b656afd4ef37936f0ce737953 SHA-1: 069c3c55a1344d417f0703f74a08534fe6c77baf SHA-256: 05d9d849ca5eff7efe86106837607eae8ae19c0299e3bdb473aadcd944bf973d
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28465207064.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/65176445106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wiskind.com/filespath/files/20210909142805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79438796732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136027fd9b44---50915783541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d99b88889---98369707529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/sikadalifaxudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5c21148d7---girikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47251350224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/26279845584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camdohungdung.com/upload/files/75555398083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comitatoamiantovelodromo.org/userfiles/file/ritezavased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/zeketikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protetyka-lublin.com/images/wyswig_images/file/7407792538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jianianhuayule.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210901_192853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/48751003962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80603152196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/40669925702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/ronoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/lemivokipadulut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613077f2be5b5---voxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/bisejadexoteveduda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edmcenter.xyz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5250342848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+print+from+my+android+phonePDF 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_off0000ea60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10272 17656 bytes
SHA-256: b6b5f318bc71c44b54cc18f196d521e444fb2b8cdee8230872eac54ececb7308
font_02_sfnt_off000130a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A9 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 8defc75d795dd8a8aed0d25b7103fb5a0cc30c05107901897a8d99105b57e303