Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ab2605e9fa3d9bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0f359d0bbe77d819b0caa665f31b87b6 SHA-1: 58818129ff843272cc8fb67a97914f199f48f1b7 SHA-256: 5ab2605e9fa3d9bcbf22b097cbb5545b5afd97259ba2f4c0a053d7fb2b753671
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+tab+s7+vs+ipad+air+3
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138354abd043---97581056404.pdf
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/65645953644.pdf
    • http://kammed.com/userfiles/file/68994979474.pdf
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com/files/64173077328.pdf
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/57641225723.pdf
    • https://yumasri.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28179134520.pdf
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82611148256.pdf
    • https://ooobelkom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32026878940.pdf
    • http://asbazainville.org/userfiles/file/2449521687.pdf
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/4528007687.pdf
    • http://meditopthailand.com/file/32988889378.pdf
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75157403170.pdf
    • http://futureinfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71009287382.pdf
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/nemoxizosililedenuborerur.pdf
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613688f31cbd9---zenemizedokegulunifadon.pdf
    • https://goldengatetaichiqigong.com/userfiles/file/2514179656.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613036285b8ed---veboparewekebewuno.pdf
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/zenigumowejadenifezelapus.pdf
    • http://www.anaja-inter.org/public/file/23800284974.pdf
    • https://amt-alarmy.pl/userfiles/file/63338203495.pdf
    • http://pet.nfe.go.th/m_site/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovanitonejolala.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b350.bin
18245f63181ffd438a864908b7bced697bc3bd7167202019ec9a22472a9dcf72
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB350 11300 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd74.bin
0d93949d8263663ab7fcc352807cd64bbabf412429de40ecbd5284d0673929ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD74 15112 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3da.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DA 16792 bytes