Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5094251ec6c01c5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 06:56:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 632fc7ac050dc84f49471b520e3f7aa8 SHA-1: a5cae306bb14315dca11180717d709df1d42aec4 SHA-256: 5094251ec6c01c5a8ac93973a27da6d5d86ccaf05595e73c95c2ab3c989005fc
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phishing lures. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52360258215.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161438a6610186---84476432315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42958625485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tareeapartment.com/user_img/files/filifaparonulafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/xufive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kudopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/16872852179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161484ec0da3f5---55948278409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426e061c741---2808360176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telliogluhukuk.com/userfiles/file/6262498628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/jijopuzagujewaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b2550c37013a8af4fa689f44d3d9d6e/fodetoxipelukod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://araprinter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jogufajejixedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvugemijowebuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/47989102528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/55861850502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/33977162212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f957751d9a0ee2614ece238358416e8a/fidivekibeferuwola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/zalekawedarefamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-15/20210915233334907685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.eu/ressource/site-image/files/lezivufibaruvurofadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210909190821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rulawovadufapifevuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f2182dcb36---2847106533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=boyka+4+film+complet+en+francaisPDF 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_off0000b68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB68C 19412 bytes
SHA-256: 6edf6775b1184bafc62572abf766c6e36f49b5959b654bd12a27175dd6579068
font_01_sfnt_off0000e942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE942 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010159.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10159 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 14c73586d9fed31b17657d8c3dc2643310a12e4b00fe0b7d8427a6aaeffadd13