Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d5d565cf2221a16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:02:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 57353f7c179c2498b8d43202ddd9a188 SHA-1: 0e6b014797877eb916b624e777fb7d38dcb415e3 SHA-256: 1d5d565cf2221a168cea111956c2ffc4df219cee63b118730090eeea61a88c9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1631687735.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/nugitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitez.net/images/newtech/files/jopagisipaxogoterikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/kewefasifevesugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingspa.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/28680034844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canshu.dlzj.net/upload/files/20210911015828693481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etevent.itweald.com/uploads/files/613df285991ee.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatiyabhashaparishad.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokevugofuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d5484419b---mufuwuzokazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613668ae2c356---33192841406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/jogimuzaxuwokanarosujuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzqzg.com/d/files/48626597320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f20ee9e03---78022857522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solis.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62081968443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc0ff4bb6e---zunawosokerobepevilimine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tadimtursu.com/image/files/pemubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.com/userfiles/file/69288623104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/tixonatidezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/nuvibapisuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stimatacasa.eu/userfiles/files/47732441353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/53852863333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents/files/tosenadisuvedadonajero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613771d23a8a9---pofepujepunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedajuxopir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfo-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/nusifemazikobutifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/37780260949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=worms+android+download+freePDF 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_off0000b31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB31A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB31 10496 bytes
SHA-256: dfe16e3618f9f3ee101f36dca859c583972bb41160ae8a2988fdafe1b071393b
font_02_sfnt_off0000e30c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE30C 14220 bytes
SHA-256: ed27049c57a10a1a3edc3cb0dd483751af39673fe5b14a4edf44593ed079d5c6