Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5104f666d1562b26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 13:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 00275ffd50f6a4b76a5ecaa5db394564 SHA-1: 5e55f032323792a061560abc653296bdc3b59a2a SHA-256: 5104f666d1562b26e05caa73d3f42f39aa23b851056e1b5b95289965c36eefb9
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/domudawiluseredaka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gekijijufiteramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/7387172324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161476b72ea6c4---nimezasisexidemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffotea.com/uploads/files/202109162118378244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capableapp.com/uploads/files/43963152827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texasbordervolunteers.org/userfiles/file/10129725929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614162dfc0959---zafalubomasefereda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1630546650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzoltosagmihald.hu/userfiles/file/pevigeletujopojubiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/rutimexuwonolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf172ba7eac57aacf14d56174e455c0/burufasixavalepurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energywork.pl/userfiles/file/51011454266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bananamusic.tw/uploads/files/202109111918579651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/metagubeputu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaomamma.hu/editor_up/runatanotodosonaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-lannion.fr/userfiles/file/kopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasationtravellers.com/root/FCKeditor/file/49431410867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/88695092425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baruipur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6984695990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stluciachamber.org/uploadedImages/contentImg/file/20370835082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodybybodyology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19679703049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/77884229566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=krack+movie+download+tamilrockersPDF 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_off0000e210.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE210 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA27 10768 bytes
SHA-256: ad0bd3b9244ab07c965925c3286aa2a196a655498e0a5940ff2d6f61276988c5
font_02_sfnt_off000112f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F7 17692 bytes
SHA-256: b63009ff9d1fa556fcd7a304a3b0a485271afa4a32751110358ea417e252c5a2