Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a84746ff86a79f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 07:08:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9ba18e75517b0694cde6b0816d217cf7 SHA-1: 568213389848aefe2da3b2ff1efbbb0e75c186db SHA-256: 5a84746ff86a79f5be8546eeeaf6c946bac6f594b79a0cb7136d07da933b3dea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to external URLs, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, a common tactic in phishing campaigns. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://evola.it/userfiles/files/lodegexuwupozuboritavu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://huyndaicaudien.com/upload/files/minepafulakiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61669613202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75702114420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/xiwaxerodopajenugusarekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/18444384189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/rediximimukonojodirufexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/plhn9dnbf3us09rtotptvvav84/wujemelovunizixokiduwuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coop-alternatives.fr/images/images/15175811005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/84477044099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/vowejulomepawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/89989437254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210907_014659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tttinox.com/upload/userfiles/files/rizoseles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614208fe4a91d---32249270139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ed8603186e041c10a1bdec065d93d1/79857296984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/163208890265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we-women.de/default/files/uploads/file/futepewakelofepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2b856566d---4139220154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komufifumusivinena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4c5435d91---balewojubusupivelejejoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109011603528521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=top+notch+fundamentals+workbook+answer+key+pdfPDF 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_off0000df8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8F 18820 bytes
SHA-256: b66ab6ff4bc90d815d60611d49a6bfc13041d4716f482d8e95a40026953eb02e
font_01_sfnt_off00011188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11188 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 830312a3bb74a6203b24fb6c5ffee4a399fa4d0654f927090f8cfc6ba2782f5c
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1