Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5435ce5538f03df5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:48:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 65d3f19d78b8a97cb3d4920ae9625350 SHA-1: aa23c496b24c9aa55225278fb4efa2d32c5cd8f2 SHA-256: 5435ce5538f03df5a055e0dcbeba24edd8e46a171a02c8194a4632a1d2b27ff2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+device+token+example PDF link annotation
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d967a86bdd58f5a514b96f02c3bfb7b/buxaxagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97844150317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/99130127815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humansharehouse.com/userData/board/file/gureserudavusaduvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333d1d637b4---47752867194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmanagement.colortown.ro/images/file/vexija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/wumuwilixozalizerozaneme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xaxanasisipefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimansion.com/uploads/file/tokibonawomuzivanav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovecollection.com/royal/admin/images/products/file/71645095011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enkaotomatikkapi.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/gunisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretlove.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabotuxanowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab20a78434f7bd2ab1ca7373aa7af01/dalezenuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valgott.com/images/userfiles/file/45354948456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/3589313329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ougcj5s0roqfiftckf829r9ogq/sivojavigiwukenofuritenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2a7mv775duouvopee3kq77tb4/masumiwari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabouligrill.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23206244012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/20660600174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbuvblb7c4d6b6k9dvdkka441m/95704413487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134fc4c0b3be---59873330274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161444ac11092c---gigokoxomezodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotosvatba.net/userfiles/file/genarikopukagekigowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jv-cms.crazy-jessie.nl/uploads/files/tidixuboxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentor-tutor.com/newGroserLikeProject/uploads/files/29687810779.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE181 18648 bytes
SHA-256: da3ebe14e412e8d874bd0df11c3830cf39a34467bf0834e2c5b4e56512044cc1
font_01_sfnt_off00011267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11267 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 3c33cce3dd2e87b970fe0c64fb261ac5e1942a6608bcf5bca2c20945b4b0f058
font_02_sfnt_off00012e01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E01 10748 bytes
SHA-256: b4a09ac0e13f200635b9707a56003dce97caafe7284b823cc79020efa3ba2373
font_03_sfnt_off000146b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1