Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a990acc5ca1d710…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:23:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 74d46416ecc4ea79e3089bf3b63b2352 SHA-1: d656291e15bc53e14014c79456327f2e910307b6 SHA-256: 5a990acc5ca1d710a192512e327e95a4d815598297067f588fe1de5693cbc3b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libros+de+tribologia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://pima-alarms.eu/slicice/file/lolupewafexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepetulasewalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnojamstvo.com/userfiles/file/venuwekar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zl369.net/userfiles/file/63444692361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/66752389066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28303633441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heimundsicherheit.de/userfiles/file/kujofejogukapumowofave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/31177858860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/fejutiwekasemonuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/jutiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/98708088102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theexplorerthai.com/userfiles/files/21180782703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/97605335305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/galaxanufefeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ooexperience.be/assets/Image/files/53047696281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psn-monolit.ru/img_file/files/3734550001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-burbank.com/uploads/files/7876784869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/47261701048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yameitecl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210915_211516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/zuwagofulisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/79839055534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikdercollegeofpharmacy.com/scp/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/74787992373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/fewawinupifituzuvefeneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/lilurajine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f3d422cce85d9d965bd2f1f4b02779/26801345080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458421dd208---wuwinowajojomapurene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140becb78145---93637362820.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_off0000b601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB601 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE13 15508 bytes
SHA-256: ffb6e23b5a098c58e2578bff369d4091d63a2692e6a3f2556124ef784c2a5983
font_02_sfnt_off0000f48a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48A 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 7d01e8639f7364bb9e2938ac8ec230231ee17203d93b66724e5f1073bd825da6