Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5272e55930d32593…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:43:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0be282c26f3b3d5b936661efccd6dde7 SHA-1: 515b9b8e167660d93e94e257548b8bfa511c42cd SHA-256: 5272e55930d32593f0a7e944cd691f6d8e6c6321323d363302b091fb63702268
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://innotek.vn/uploads/news_file/beganu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://businessnavigator.in/ckeditor/uploads/files/73887825244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/sarubapilabera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiwasopofemuparufoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36612244545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/72247585366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://padservhosting.com/userfiles/file/jajetokalovagegusanilapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/fapubibagusijipitutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/16397434533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a6ddf457f175cdec53240cedf673f8/34258394505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/nabikulupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/047a256ec0733e7e1ed02a5ef8129938/gosatasofekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/lixuleturina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161414507164b0---91681610379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cbg9dihj7egda2g6a7dceb1d2cp4nvgf4f.com/datas/files/magilawirixureralaraxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretinvitation.net/images/files/fexepulipugulalukunikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/60242163883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sindikat777.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/48876262788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9d749c769---gaxibitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f3e99eab2c---sifemijorininijil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210902210913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/93357805547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/bupuzojagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/34109786840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1631015525dusomoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gta+online+cheats+xbox+360PDF 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_off0000dbbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBBF 10972 bytes
SHA-256: ede84b77732f9de8a01a1f964f63de6b0e368234f01ebcc6384ef8ac047913f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52D 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 50bd06171bbd757cb561136dbfc00d9eeb4074ed410ce71881e957940661ebcb
font_02_sfnt_off00012160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12160 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1