Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a5dc21f2efc1bad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:58:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 098d9b66c7fb3826d95e9b6ba16a5a83 SHA-1: ca7b2feaa9e798407f4b688715de9f4c1e75e522 SHA-256: 5a5dc21f2efc1bad985ae42f9e51695b979fa12346e51c1c2b262b823429945a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a payload. The 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely provides instructions to decrypt a subsequent stage, commonly used to bypass gateway scanning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://www.gobarging.com/uploads/textareas/file/jofir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wajl.net/img/file/20219160263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40814854653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/puviwifonolorofefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvatoria.by/UserFiles/files/70257196382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377151c3eb6---nejiwuzolojusogidoxoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cannamelis.com/userfiles/file/7159153023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88179884666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/kavupevejajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c9720ba12---puxaziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/puvazivagaweto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/46124820989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336cb4dca5e---78654730622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614091c0e8878---rizuvenidepamimapodukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oecschool.com/userfiles/file/57408672746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_069421830FF0EB88.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boatmonies.com/uploads/files/derunexobitukema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbiesites.com/userfiles/file/48414767091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/muvunejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/72566596444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383a15e9391---bunogamobaparizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubb.cn/up_file/file/linolajasewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peltonfell.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29849143764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=solid+explorer+classic+unlock+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_off0000dc8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f49c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49C 18844 bytes
SHA-256: 3f0b18fdc54847209fee7b62333095e16c3c2278ca603d2923b6b956b0daacba
font_02_sfnt_off00012599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12599 10776 bytes
SHA-256: a35735c42eba4ffa4aa5fe7ab29ebff3e97e08b784606ca36767480f69710944