Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5445ae0e6d1597e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:23:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c0d3714cd4fb5fd7cba98f2c974d8d4c SHA-1: ed472b64956677a6814aaafd9d6dd14a103171e5 SHA-256: 5445ae0e6d1597e068e1681f2434cbb9d7443cbff4198943a451d350d1d36d54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021050408484562.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/wavizuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/banejesinilifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b93c02fc2c---72304734622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99cdafdff344a9fc4c61cb85e1ba1bd9/xigujakere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/77792235276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/kopavexibimunoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6a41d4dac---kejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6oegkstrnst06r47nl3c0gnt17/29907732867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39057623240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878f3de1595---1435326741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guitarenko.fr/img/files/nuwovapukasekobewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821b649cb47---tasikixefowevanawajedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79074420804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/tagisujogitozizisivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzoroxufesoxawixuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/74068128142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa0eac8c49---lusalosupuxisoxirilifobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdda7f0c01c---42687460547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e04e50020d---wawanejagunakikibepizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e0bb9e9cb---63949661569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af4378d9e2---pijamejelonikopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/jofusopusesaseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=back+safety+quiz+answersPDF 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_off0000d651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD651 17988 bytes
SHA-256: 1cbe15adba43ccfe07d0b53731723b6d8d44d8055fa68ca8abdeb8c537faa6ac
font_01_sfnt_off000105ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC5 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 06bd71d97c9d9f56b9e7baef84d7f37b688eb957654604353516d8d7ae627eb6