Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a608480904b0d02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:43:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f970de662d6e91e5d371c9651aa62778 SHA-1: 72b3495dced5b23a6a0a49ac63e8b9e855c8fb97 SHA-256: 5a608480904b0d029cf7536c66142fa28d10b723b506f9e228a3e94d836851c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, which could be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate further malicious actions. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://mingzhicc.com/userfiles/files/wakofug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studioarchterreni.it/userfiles/files/60355406227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/50828405141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/51897267991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3t4lq4p5m9fu1c1hk8csekftq/jutisejenabobamivika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e5a3717bd8---76276401818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcviet.com/img-phuctri/files/wejasexavelanixano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldoutback.com/clients/f/f6/f61299a274fa8fdb0c00f5b1ed511d42/File/83815398091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lueckerreunion2020.com/clients/e/eb/eba09433058400eda594a485f9004317/File/runivudurexokizerubolixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/merutejekevaxasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ff2a0ce7cfdef398cfa8b1f8994278/77572165201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae1d4e4d16---89075193794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporomn.com/userfiles/files/85845679920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608826fabff4f---38396002138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajamufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072799740870---gubutazokanola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/45726037161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluorescent-training.com/file/voxulifukekidawuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emachn.com/data/attachment/file/doxojewojokerovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danielbushreunion.com/clients/41596/File/genolaketoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/rulivalugojirudomakewiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ef8572f410---xawasanosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=coachmen+mirada+35bh+owners+manualPDF 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_off0000db88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB88 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 03198ab73188f91e88093203c614361456df6dd684ca77cad66c7608fb728983
font_01_sfnt_off0000f597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF597 18460 bytes
SHA-256: a959a43c0d4ff96972160da1006f341f38471bb7fc609390eed88621c07196dd
font_02_sfnt_off0001252d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1