Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5724cedb90ef9e75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.0 KB Created: 2021-07-28 07:52:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e53b3870de3ff0af4ea544aa1a4d6660 SHA-1: a5048aa315c557224d6ce8de83b27604519a2f65 SHA-256: 5724cedb90ef9e75e529eeebb9c986c90691e27fc8260d3bea6947ed655ba262
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which are part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these redirects. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

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://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60D687402091D.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgacgvv0g0aj6frrcf2hkp5gs7/sunapizikukegigubivonebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/5852451171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e76f6c841679cd02c53e60a08451235/16265832086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/fobarividaxujoxowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/kagivuforurepulenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99092263119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766607e1ab1---44749073040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cof3g8jr4h70jsiivf6fpa9vgc/sanufasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b6367f9ea---xulilubowuzakomonoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg9ka6ckngu4nesbiq0gmejgb0/bemuvuridizibarawode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/zagosagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nejakeredu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/033c57ec669cdecafaa645b8a8706251/48217977987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/kazerisozipifiretegatoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/58349075828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/sebemakomolopela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/62912315404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/64012484599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enmhbam2gbd5k5jg3479da36i4/36228169635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43995842453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/57339044476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utb7v6892jjhteegfm2m95bjd4/sabuwiremotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f14679acb19---68482968037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=que+enfermedad+provoca+dolor+en+las+articulacionesPDF 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_off00012d02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14514 17928 bytes
SHA-256: ae3564b590740ce1e3631f759447187e9e7c827a0b46938b6454480cbcd64d53
font_02_sfnt_off000172c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172C7 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 74be3c39ed1177b4d862666d0483ece6160e19f43c7e9e840c47ce9633b81881