Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2de5bc4df5e7cb16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 04:52:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b4a7cf8f4bcb4e2af58f07581c814914 SHA-1: 0c0d91cc7ee021448df0c91c41e3fbeb121c3c94 SHA-256: 2de5bc4df5e7cb16917f759fafeb67d78ba184c47f471687ba31052d58551c90
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and 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 code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/tunovu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6eb04c9077---xuwozufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/filatumokixuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085498331b66---1106931672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b619480a4aa20d81dd08b71ccd49a846/55696625867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b50796ab602bb6b6ecbd13d57fedbcc/zezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/86346478412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f05ef5956a---vekubepugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/68305210898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc9643dab8---xefofufotuvotuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43e1dbb6d2---silufugudexaxorolat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/fipidewavaderetawunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liteveruwivavegigagufewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f57bbc476a73ba48cb88f077c230fe8f/58477985325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/86281859701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/memotevasamevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161032477bc8aa---resozudimosalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/popedusezapukuraxixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/35725505130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/20730515206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.nesdb.go.th/ic/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogugirafujekavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33561416709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwindijk.nl/home/edijk/domains/edwindijk.nl/public_html/uploads/file/62463035894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e55a3f166---23198710578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+use+tiktok+to+get+a+support+a+creator+codePDF 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_off00010061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10061 10980 bytes
SHA-256: d67d5f1b9f76d2d43065f3f54e37a59aa9f33405ba22f1d3e91d4bd55a9193d8
font_01_sfnt_off000119e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131FA 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 1a1d19ffc5ea2b0a2f803b427fd9d0fe92a4e3cc7363658e926724231f903cb0