Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5575b490db777644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:45:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 72c03ab2fd0bd528ba6ce841415447f7 SHA-1: 59352ae92601f9dad36094dbafe14724561e85b0 SHA-256: 5575b490db77764460d8938a329d91cedf01e4d01d9d2ce871df0bcf09456cd6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=m4ufree+movies+action PDF link annotation
    • http://shopcode.ru/uploads/file/71810412924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderful-foods.net/userfiles/file/mabiwijolanujapisefobemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aadcnfgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/35710746416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://td-mg.ru/uploads/files/pafuxubidotetexaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/vilanewitowekawoped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepatsasaran.com/contents/files/2426027776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/60710157583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eac776c898---37076659073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topp.pl/_topp/file/26778919374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/16568963004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laulumaja.fi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejoxinevifukafavefukelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexxeopaint.com/upload/files/vaxifijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranigokodijarososaxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8700091451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6c9a02ff6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e35812ffa---xolakudolikuduruzuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzetti.it/userfiles/files/24048634746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proleague.dk/userfiles/file/33513675169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/90245817698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///rekumobatoxiletodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://softwebstar.com/shop/userfiles/file/pojipozedijumip.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010c3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3A 17824 bytes
SHA-256: c89f26a81c94f84fa97ecfec2c1e581c6bdbbae374b8001103d07c0819e23f2c
font_01_sfnt_off00013aac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AAC 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 2a3f9a47591e88c883f8a1708c354eda725545846622dcdd1251da7201623d61
font_02_sfnt_off00015354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15354 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1