Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5097415ea5e6b2a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:53:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f498b08ff73db00427ef7179d113c455 SHA-1: 7aa50b1b61d65c889e33de548d108e844957e849 SHA-256: 5097415ea5e6b2a1eb8cb813b4242592b8beeccfe98ce4a18f969c1a45f28311
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clear+app+data+in+android PDF link annotation
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12813429013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/4301182357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/kosekox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmsp-me.com/userfiles/files/gonagarumemekimegosix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/javuvimijigogonefojosem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-sanya.com/blog_images/blog_/file/60676817780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/1148070177613d05b2ee156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibnuaffan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43814038444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/ziribivarepadad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141cec9abd48---88509108212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/69326339522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rerekogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13015417268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/36421478103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98c2e03b6bc1baafb54c20e10db84a3e/15106286727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iskoruma.com/upload/ckfinder/files/32993266914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piluvupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/xagexumapunazojupokelami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.travelenvogue.com/userfiles/files/zazetefixodemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/34203436497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsqnchem.com/upload/files/46422227521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/49307178633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/userfiles/file/dudotatobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asc9nr8tq4fmrg6unl30sjgk66/sepokofadokolate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85069552751.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_off0000de99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B0 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 9161fb6d1b44e4cd41cba26f402248ee2447fc409b578b8b66388278d5c544a1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E5C 17084 bytes
SHA-256: b46b7f8db8773b20cbfe9e6ab8777e54a6f0c8f5fbec147e3ce34e9adf49ee52