Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a6428ae953ccd8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-10-07 07:42:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 88b95451cc6fb0c0391a8b06a12ddfe6 SHA-1: 3ea2ebc011cbe7a49f8154179613b9dbec6173e2 SHA-256: 5a6428ae953ccd8d45bd80d43b1152d0893618bfed5febe899f18d524060412d
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised websites. Heuristics indicate instructions to disable security software and a lure for a password-protected archive, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=office+365+kmspico+download PDF link annotation
    • http://kyochonbuenapark.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/viwogixivefexiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/nuxakapawazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwanbim.iwan.co/userfiles/files/jekowelunewuxalavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/31965690186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/92953262717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/12205169014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulumutizaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mapect.com/upload/fckeditor/file/99512545405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/tikukatokanezagomirutetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc436abq1jjok33rchsup67p5r/26106800230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitolesupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27999842375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614db4724eec9---64886424311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34958961802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/kuburonasibifexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bugapobowojubinejekoposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/33337029893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc8f82e91f2ddb2fb0b63873fd362423/28819642173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slabowidzacy.smprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokelivuvonipufoxore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rts-3.ru/upload/files/nerobanafunutoxolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecnoservizi.com/userfiles/files/wimaxiwovifadagopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersat.lv/files/file/84189745988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truonggiangcompany.com/userfiles/file/zunufutilegez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkbdrinp017ad3etn3othpsq8u/13580019618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fa126b75915a6637098725358819d89/xujadabisegowajoninopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f505.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF505 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 4e226565e43168c965af5f0e72f62587ed8cff345b03100837755b5f4d9384d3
font_01_sfnt_off00010f8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001279c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1279C 19064 bytes
SHA-256: 31ce174e5290f1215570409ac9f93e9d835ca0b658a1012ba46f096fc9b2e4e9