Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e5ddcd9f218c15e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:54:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f93f9e8d9d6eaccc871b3cc0490c3fb8 SHA-1: 940eabb5cc2c8e5afb4467f77773d65c6b8c3e90 SHA-256: 4e5ddcd9f218c15e6cda05ae1763c43b279d16403634445ebffef77edaed0b9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=competition+policy+theory+and+practice+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e916006f2f---56663416286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/vudukenilekavadatomigiwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaziemirkentkonseyi.com/upload/files/75122830645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchisefarm.franchiseharbor.com/files/files/43404729103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/vizig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/9307697167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://challendor.com/fckeditor/upload/file/21648204285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/51446107649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab0e2536a0---memavese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608792f4e0508---75148911576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/88740796547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/zafopujevobiwomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607228b1a3850---bevetuzavugowesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de20e91578---gugumifobenekegutila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/zawukarufafepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de7661441e9a7c5d2e8ad1130241e4ad/wexebibalodelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611043945a9cf---69598907008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/80918079873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10768636865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutitasipamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4324bfec9e77b48ddd5c390632c4c3a5/92491670889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/duroginujuburuvelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyuping.com/geyuping/uploadfile/file/2021081402420573499.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_off0001075d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075D 18392 bytes
SHA-256: 8dea30a00776f4ca937054d10392a57c84a36032baa9f4a2443731428c0d19db
font_01_sfnt_off000137c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014fd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FD8 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 1d68d615a48ed301e24217ea813c80aaee2f1e1ebca829f7982f18916de17bb1