Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ab39b27e91f2a3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 09:52:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2eae3f0bcd6981f614bba4e312392ef1 SHA-1: 27aaf77b71b7883f9b2e50f8123e8b5d0e89958e SHA-256: 5ab39b27e91f2a3bb694eb1f731d42cfaddafa0e6ccf3f1aca37e0ad4f290640
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for further exploitation in PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://predial-rua-nova.pt/056-CovadaLua/images-editor/file/80959223624.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://onyx-innovations.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/tidevakafajuvabozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hingliltd.com/userfiles/51160586745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wizclub.net/upload/userfiles/file/49673743111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/33272555635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5615347627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knoxvilleremembers.com/media/60836445670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pro-peau.fr/userfiles/file/88990341056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/kuxuvejatosulibiwikinum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/safibiritonezizefedugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9938868b05c72d7000ff58a1d8cbf32b/vokipalixelagosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/kadujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wgadget.com/file_media/file_image/file/didamizivitilutopadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/35640261012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82794718818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuanghuilaw.com/filespath/files/20210901090349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starfoil-mail.nl/uploads/wysiwyg/50385489296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vunuges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofly.om-digitalsolutions.cn/upload/files/64143149847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f557d942ce---42369865645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flomogroup.com/upload/files/87460194958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a68b8b8558---dafafepivanixijulobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e2b243e5c---1071775372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=play+store+high+graphics+gamesPDF 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_off0000d84f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD84F 10832 bytes
SHA-256: a122bada60325b483bd7087140775d12f0b7eff32a2b58e175c2c7121cd22eb4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF167 18080 bytes
SHA-256: 86b65600179292c7a2fb88a06ac7cc7cb496cf0cc0bafa45711b641384de1b4f
font_02_sfnt_off000120e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1