Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5833ea6c762cd4b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 13:48:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ffed4bf408a85ba473f48f107721365e SHA-1: d365b685d61121be5009f3b6074e1a816f0ee707 SHA-256: 5833ea6c762cd4b6426b3d40cb9eb27010177eda8f41d10accd27a40f812020d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://herfection.herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210907135326.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zabbeleecooking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3127776595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/94418377978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowfashion.net/content/xuploadimages/file/vudiledarebemaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conditum.nl/userfiles/file/68684791227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetojuronigizimisuforuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///nalepebojejudujapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/2109120911575605728bot9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/64183307323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubixelimeges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd30de66d316df558b6e75cc91e4266/wadifijupesejokoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/nemabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed2137173e---xekuvoxukejunijosujigoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscrap.wasteequipment.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/parupadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapraptti.org/userfiles/file/9417270230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/vulizenasetupebevusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deycaterers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozixujalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135284670d26---399697626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c66ed80b61---rekafuvesuvaxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonio-pelella.eu/userfiles/files/65197974717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/88765397305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/jafawulosinimazetaxojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ra6u0ng3o0qjg8mlhi40fukb55/19889138624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/lopiwilinigadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=root+explorer+full+apkPDF 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_off0000d0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0EF 18892 bytes
SHA-256: 6e7a904e0563a94a68c693ec257eb4176f9f2ab7f9c0a3d385f589449bcf40a7
font_01_sfnt_off00010192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10192 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A9 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 5a344cf768d243b1df59fee4b5d2af2a2e239450f2d3cb3807b3957410ba72f5