Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5167a5d8795be4a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-08-04 05:29:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ad0f3de2af1d62b50f7560de514a4a19 SHA-1: 4641e16e7a147f65334e750bfd49e0424afc700e SHA-256: 5167a5d8795be4a5907c6fa1b33892d7b3067798af20d28bc7cdb6d80dd56fca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to obfuscate malicious links or initiate further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/24145921812.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609037d478339---woxotafopoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b73e125332---38408366773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/busez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juicewarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/80506665099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c408a70963---fuvidubupegonikibarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d839ea20c---babefinusazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eed4c60b99---ludavoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917706aed80---69832259549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-29/20210629014746150297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/nekebexemabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74483238895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cff0f2f40---bisilopuripunilavenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/domalirivukunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdl7hjm7uln1tn0ggemq4s5eq3/migesukigitidilivij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/82162777583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7gpj364d8mtkk6b8d7saae7kh/sufutavesogabeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/73422442017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070316345d75---jivakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/xosibafalujeper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/vedodoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekt-dom.pl/designhome/admin/userfiles/file/75558933037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77420703661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwaxadofuxuluzinoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/gativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=correspondencia+de+imagenes+en+publisher+2016PDF 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_off0000d400.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD400 11596 bytes
SHA-256: dea8bcb6666bf6e1e48c2c12d89bbd7f2c22b4d8b9b5f8dc0390f442d9a4513b
font_01_sfnt_off0000eef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF1 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 6dfeea54e7d088d96c444989aef607047644fead0dcde2a250591a746cd794eb
font_02_sfnt_off00011bed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1