Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5813853cf6cd901e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:35:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 37d1739658faae454a82a02d2db24250 SHA-1: ed1aeeaded277175e780faea966946a2d932168e SHA-256: 5813853cf6cd901edb943d183785b845510a716cfc60731d47e6393b76b892de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests these links lead to malicious content hosted on compromised sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sniper+3d+mod+apk+unlimited+money+and+gems
    • http://groupelamiri.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/vabumamupugilegig.pdf
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonevipefokudofonoz.pdf
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cb78f4014---7376218292.pdf
    • http://www.lasallelille.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/limukitikagagu.pdf
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piwedukikabuferen.pdf
    • https://tpijobportal.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisixad.pdf
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d112c5b6b830c366e62d93b1273b7f/rigekuvukeloxesor.pdf
    • http://ecme.site/2015/vat/upload/files/32962760424.pdf
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/54221223265.pdf
    • http://ibrahimabuomira.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24698423575.pdf
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/97188041012.pdf
    • http://avon-bratislava.com/files/files/wibebij.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139355be00d6---mepinutomapenujijinizuv.pdf
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xelutinuxeg.pdf
    • https://cncunse.com/d/files/33209150622.pdf
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29449285884.pdf
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79357708156.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613696e674f8c---pijod.pdf
    • http://vesimport.ru/userfiles/file/zedepevovumu.pdf
    • http://alacartedesign.de/userfiles/file/76351765136.pdf
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08f9820d8130dcf9670ded623f677614/12027095461.pdf
    • http://bhartiyambeohari.in/userfiles/file/jazaxemod.pdf
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/30683212399.pdf
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop/contents/3471377954.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f442.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF442 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c54.bin
186ce5601b259793e5c9932acd8ddad6154fd54e9ec51000fe1dd56eb76df75b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C54 24524 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000149c3.bin
2022c5013220687aa3d84c8ec210bc6077f27631bbdc37acc4222e49c1ee7b12
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149C3 11288 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00016410.bin
b44e304f4199d162c520aa61e4565b27969aa952fa2ee1db3f4cf671ae1a9eb8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16410 1868 bytes