Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5921ec35f22ded81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-08-20 11:35:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6da29f71b777605d8a151283e40bc990 SHA-1: d7c2fa703d318bc22755d6046465fa6b39a55239 SHA-256: 5921ec35f22ded818dc7d4a91b6640e2c073e94c6395dda69eb349982f455afc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload via the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6sg2jf83rl6ln9s9hb04rophd/felakimajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6985p7t22mffd11ek0r03kr53i/tigonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnjs0uc0pi2qbjkmkm2jic2rdq/kapamomumunusemavinugero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a286806bfc4---ludevovasukupeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610313d7b3886---gilifuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a5cce5c2fc9188e3a9b9b81ffe6d99c/57161282534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/pibugixegivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8150725308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/novituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081130df042a---36758056411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/buxavatomaxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/detutixulija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/sozaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facade-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27181817790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d82db39035eb7c043d1d057eb7d5a9f/46535105305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c048e570f69---12596423843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/4383920220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b59c0760a7---89492274769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be249b944da009d102d5a3705d857316/fitixojesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52518277433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hutechsolar.com/upload/user_upload/files/73421829762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tb4qt5rden00p6cqdbano51cs/17885390654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4c051bfe8---87574992950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+untethered+soul+book+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off00012122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12122 17160 bytes
SHA-256: dded0f85cdb30a4aadcc2799a60c6e275b03cc8d03208d03e448c68ab4a31aee
font_01_sfnt_off00014e63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001667a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1667A 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 435657ffaa0c83d5a9e9484ff0f81b3b769d5239f2029fc8f631e68f4902443f