Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11c5e502a051daff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.7 KB Created: 2021-07-22 11:26:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fd6851767ea8ae2e08de8f568758c571 SHA-1: 8da786baaac48f8180a21272679325437841c2fd SHA-256: 11c5e502a051daff6b2a389499edfaa8d532a4654c40c403b18a9374d51a52d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream 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 malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepenijibokixusakazogowi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/655lnnj9hpcpe9tns70cdbtolv/84380350965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/felutawonajijusojewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/nogebamasutinarigoditov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherdallo.com/file/7800289646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c719ae0f7d7d1a630e720ba5bd26f113/1512062906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb2403f528---naduvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/11491641863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/nuzekonode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/47293910759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1c5ef1ab068965a2261828a6035bb05/tedasutawimizufesipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/33171679629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c731e6a49e---bisanizebusuxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3eeb61198---savupajoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/tokobisika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/vujixarevuxodegozedebibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/12867571766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/zolunajagejuzovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adda80e912---5976396765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f447681860d---44316947048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e79bea7e3---34924347079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f9de9890d---59365878253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089288b23a5f---dufulojabones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mudutipegogezobidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=siblings+quotes+in+englishPDF 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_off00012cba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CBA 10584 bytes
SHA-256: cc9de61ee1f9a480fa1bc8baffe5b2ac76159df79605b6227c4688e1c4a372fd
font_01_sfnt_off0001446f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1446F 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 360b8bc457724cbad5d6a1f2d1c90a3b535e84ca6b6a02034f5c3cc355f568ac
font_02_sfnt_off00017109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17109 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1