Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5500b1480b19c97c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:58:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c499700e9a48c159419583aaa5c56cc8 SHA-1: 26b54ae884d8b56570cd0de830346c9f642792e2 SHA-256: 5500b1480b19c97c43dda1ca101650cb927e2b5c9916a075dde52c805e479905
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, suggesting potential exploitation or redirection capabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/jowake.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/gosixodobuzulidokemava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b374f2afc4a---pibevovofudowunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/fekijomixaninepizuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/fuduzezukufugizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc999af0a7---68604839361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsansapa.vn/webroot/img/files/15184700188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39325009732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/92824548824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/11733526710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca210d1db93cb84b77b985968ee9972c/ludavodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/96378062688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/razukuvema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/325ad510fbc997ddbcfd32875107c3fc/demodenidizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jp-photo.cz/soubory/files/pubuvaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/89932836779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/73352073066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908ef475a1d---61723234557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/84811442292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6923310b8a6a4c62fc76e71c4a4ddf37/86116001839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/27594523290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/xezijonafefasanevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dcf1268d588b39151d4fa8e4c1d6b2/suwawenuvokagivupejuliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aptitudeclass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosiketotexebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonioloclaudio.it/userfiles/files/fefinerixakiguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/25825152745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=linear+equations+worksheet+word+problemsPDF 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_off0000ba97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2AE 11176 bytes
SHA-256: f54bed3eb2f608ddca349e5bf666782cc594cf9b4ec143e811369437349a6e1e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC31 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 8412e58c2ee4284b8ca747b48128e9c0555378a909761ab43fa19ea2733d171c