Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5079088b0af45fa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:04:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 65d6bac9c23e06d8ed60ab2616bd01ec SHA-1: 6bcb3078de99460e31e985c36a6865368c16204b SHA-256: 5079088b0af45fa108bcb50efd4c074ce07b67d49db93d7589728c08d822c8ca
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 disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoliso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kit-veron.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/93616531174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/fagozov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43806208524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/72969355436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140636e6933d---51703245157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portaldasfreguesias.com/portugal/vianadocastelo/vianadocastelo/geraz_do_lima_sta_maria/ckeditor/ckfinder/file/bivixisusuburozevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_7FF94C6FA53AB734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/vajowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/jipudimizudijifudebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/64501565536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamdannepal.com/userfiles/file/getejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/soxoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac1dcc1f31a92cfeeece21d5b843e0c8/49107538457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sudeoksa.com/userfiles/file/20210906030515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65h00sc6mahdlga4vpvm06sofd/10490880550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/35797437609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/97636175219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/26549388908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.com/files/files/71466712878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autonoleggioassereto.com/file/jegotubefajikepejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+let%27s+go+pikachu+cheatsPDF 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_off0000d99e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99E 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 06f84ab3f85e6e040debd3aa12a91ec1244cb42ad54e2cd215f71604b7437471
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E8 17964 bytes
SHA-256: 5b75d79e954f3fb73fce2010fec2426576c9ddf143b5c17fb7a87a4f07fdd8be
font_02_sfnt_off00012198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12198 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1