Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05fa493d8c3a21ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:55:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e72eed9063c74e9d6a32ad649f4aa2d7 SHA-1: 39de4b4690f4d4e0d1031f0db50a185a3df2ba99 SHA-256: 05fa493d8c3a21eadd11b9771b702ede8d8bdaac9af11db99693f2c14372ac90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting further suggests a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=use+case+diagram+for+android+application PDF link annotation
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78349a3f8da27a1f1d05a1dd15016524/85134614708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c590c3151027d2119c1b8e4b6df9c1/nigotirogoxipuxeragokiguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/50812878427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/79626501743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowesamozebodogifunipawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/userfiles/file/roroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zarodofizizevamudanota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021091309043337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9cf01f5b9---51999427730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c10e2ce68---30999355094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jechrina.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/lunaviwebosubivase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3728753067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/3218345018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/lafebexetofusezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed0f96cf3b---66258087495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jirovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c35bfb7012b9b08c7ef9745b49a0f9c/77204939775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/83046270581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eca1278ee0---39377819847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f06f3efba---zadurifolatubonopoguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210906152945-birerub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d45ec84305e99cbf572abdff61a3b08b/muxerukedijuware.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_off000105fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105FB 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 9b0de0b2c4d5fd32f000ce9b41aca2659b43a5fcdf5f97bb2d213f47d6a9c0f9
font_01_sfnt_off00011f34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13746 18304 bytes
SHA-256: bdcfe9f1f9d489880a1c69d22cd5b006709bc2621a497dcb26d214a1c498cf3a