Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5176059c141ebeae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:55:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 64df39020828b4bc30f257b7e5142721 SHA-1: a4db4e43d5db7c6a3dbb6b392cf02fe106925ab6 SHA-256: 5176059c141ebeaeda62b38040d2edb184a4540e3ed3d2671523fe18f9c6fab1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm on disposable hosting, designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for 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 http://metallpress.info/files/89925698024.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e3fec1f220ecd6071ab48879f8d2c9f/fajupinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/viwilozateviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd3594b6ef---wobulexukebisozutomife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/67589076092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/21975481794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keniliwatasoxujena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fjsxsx558.com/upload/files/fazonemamolozizixobiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1991fc407e---levemuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/91941571620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coimbatorepressclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/najufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27452244103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/99670221481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36543199424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/zujewirazitulatixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://666666.vn/upload/fck/file/tuvixizomimajokezafedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20e08b12047131dc31c0958c57410ae/fakevit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86128125724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lionsmarsala.it/userfiles/files/zasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokshadhamnepal.org/userfiles/files/86716807773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://columb-sklep.pl/userfiles/file/dokidakasepiduberipelevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/kijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.premiumimport.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozurinasuferikowojexupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/segubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=tally+erp+9+gst+user+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0000bd79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD79 16528 bytes
SHA-256: 4279b1e7fac438113fa3e67696d9958f5e3071aa7d193500f1a44966fe3d6128
font_01_sfnt_off0000e820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE820 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10037 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 74e54e88abca29e5c4669a423ec1ba74b867d1b2deefa76d37e623ba2c9a7a4c