Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5573837f23f006c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 08:31:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9f0d27d4598f78d50583f4e5aa88e319 SHA-1: daef0a83bdd9956ac215e2ae3cd860d99f6b1fa7 SHA-256: 5573837f23f006c4e6c6e4de7201c5a9e5ab8571db56f822a2fd72c1a9f410db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://studioassociatoemc.com/userfiles/files/nidomifasatom.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34009382489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f219cd94a4---gujokenutukixapigamozufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210907080815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132671992589---zejotofoziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willes-gb.com/uploads/files/202109071238223063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a15f01544---kofovegawoxuwogivatipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2b3la571ga-70p.com/contents/files/46874402651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emcp-pmce.ca/_includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwomidawavololer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/32541451506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/19420138314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/99763539219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksboutlet.com/file/files/viwelikuleromufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29045208108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300aa56aebe---50433006189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/vidozatezaziboxekubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92675534779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161310b4d7981f---tuwuredebagulakorapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/94521246511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkedua.com/contents/files/fetaxikodomujagutifewox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/bulimudogugilabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dylogistics.com/userData/board/file/20742133311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubekutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbicwad4afgcgd5aph7d5e.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84533740157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhungbaithuocnam.com/img-tvdl/files/xifazenexozowurodofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=batman+stories+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_off0000df3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3E 17800 bytes
SHA-256: cf678e2ebf86eef6d2c15cb66610e4e51ccc1d93540d2c8e8f5eee4f622c4f84
font_01_sfnt_off00010d4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012562.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12562 10664 bytes
SHA-256: c00d7501d7be388c308f5657c15fb58b580e9ba9c6c4c72a087b21276543611c