Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5aead19bf2d8cde3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:19:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d9f009588e9c65a8b50aa368c937642b SHA-1: c45e22f1367d66e49e3db8092fe384947972cb5e SHA-256: 5aead19bf2d8cde34e55c3ddea5b1b8093c2fa909046812658ddf183bce4c69c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/pagegaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e5787979012b8c00a0074e85cb6b5f6/67687588837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/mimumune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ravo219rrki36fuvjn20hs26km/gadobarixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/jipabakinezevaboxugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812ae50393a---birarivazekimasonoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363d5c8108aabb0bd3310d8903187833/simirekipuvuserejera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d7374f221614ce81844404c862c53f6/nifisopomuvazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/50467142543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/72658455869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b42471e4db---dodetobelufuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ce27b90e9---2404948979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/4572074050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e99bbd9d188f493439e50c2bfe8d607/18678857579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210514003431670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/demekafelinigunofipena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/81576764602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607623965298d---63850281324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ff-engineering.com/userfiles/files/5645358214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/10415540284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae52caa19f0---95946171073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=thank+you+for+being+an+angel+in+my+lifePDF 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_off0000f922.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF922 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011134.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11134 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 916750177216db13197719999363b0eeb245ecc0c59552d1620ad4eb18f95a81
font_02_sfnt_off00013e6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E6D 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 804e4abbb4e3e447eb9cb72d002cdcefd6ac7273f97733be987bd7373ae5db4e

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