Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5882fdd3270599c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 18:02:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 11c49d4a8d5493c453fdcf98c4f5e8d8 SHA-1: 6b4f2ce7e9a5a6f3887154c3948a8a24dd576da7 SHA-256: 5882fdd3270599c0c16262396337580cc79e6423f11367a6baef3e0c638f1837
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external links were found, with several pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/20807631303.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/85974748946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwwilson.com/uploads/files/sovajozaxakelawamigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villadorottya.hu/uploads/frontend/files/5387999044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keyseries.us/userfiles/file/mumudam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137cac25137b---67251031886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lemupurakeletuxajito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/46601082965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/71516811200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12ecead72428db92e2e75fc5c8b65ca/nofagura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/mejorelikinupakinomufafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613506c7eed14---55814729061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/jemogawusunuruxarekekira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/58989399105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepijifariguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74325464151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/xibijafefukekukurazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://currenwatch.myhost360.cn/file/upload/files/09-06-23-53-18-26.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/79203410791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210904065648283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alharithiforcameras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85121686431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/loziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zerokogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139788ec90d5---kemewituzarejobevawakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/soxonajazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=onenote+2016+androidPDF 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_off0000ea68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA68 19960 bytes
SHA-256: 5522a6969131e63e42cb32324d2132d6605752d3be4569a11ace57fc573b0ec6
font_01_sfnt_off00011f69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F69 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 06677707b13d527904644f14a0943a4e6f0e1060d8277609468e876ad352e8df
font_02_sfnt_off0001378e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1378E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1