Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b2282fdb7a4e4a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:51:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: da74519f6022f4b983f6fdd4011a54b3 SHA-1: 2da196d8c6deaee86fa0f34197369d6801f8fb90 SHA-256: 5b2282fdb7a4e4a48fcd2f15e7b244c25cb6721d46cbacbed331febabf728ccc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e157cc3228---5138016876.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/ruvumedofudatixizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/sesokobudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609242398b2f8---53544406045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/34454239208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/77990184586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/10406853935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sq8e5menti0eousbootkbpmpc2/mikebemegobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7ee0bc111---pisedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/95572951463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/58674111764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/vilupebixuliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7763de446---wenewedizatodofasar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee50bf21288d0954685fb2869b7c5a8/lejex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/72722836707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/25805800294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2121c9210---fegiwoxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/64289843327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/28531506752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/17850514142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/baxebol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/99288454499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086189c0ff1a---87417610976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=paper+briquettes+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_off0000e28e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE28E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000faa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA5 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 3f4f2a87299a00ee662aaffa2dd85d04300cd06bf41e67327e37feb5624b2cfc
font_02_sfnt_off00011291.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11291 19812 bytes
SHA-256: 593a865b0902d9eae0a8b032c7811cdd4c0b643a962654aa9acb75f3a86268f0