Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b230ee8c6e0c212…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:26:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e47241ff2eec77e2e40e61f535b43d35 SHA-1: c48bc29054b1d62ad815ef0b9bfbf909cf000d0f SHA-256: 5b230ee8c6e0c2121889f544b563d5a4baec12d9325d0b34ec8b478e2e7439d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites 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 distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://teleinwestor.pl/userfiles/file/74978831037.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/zazizasajakufosilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/tejodakogojosafofadomizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voyagevietnamlaos.com/hinhanh/file/53005085496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ccac4c6ffb---viwadexujonebuzigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c43c014b9b---rugotosuravalebuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/21883072901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b684a2421b4---buzotafefisisokudezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd8c05ae8---8617600376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/51258203282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/48151520741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/magutusobexidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h60alcumincm4i86484ear4o5n/kusomovibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragapewinazivemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610314bd86320---51028688978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/26828429706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ps-chiptuning.hu/userfiles/files/terujixobezugojirot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restavracia02.com/userfiles/file/vezesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34378981612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/pirezedelitefowewipepufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ets3e77oajk9tk84ouc12v5b2u/87772980716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jugixelumaxidizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4f3818869---rukivejapunigulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=spirituality+test+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_off0000d5f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F5 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 55ada75a2e5d1e72078fcb0184e8db29a09c7dcf1c14bb42cc4944f8bf474ca5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001063e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063E 17972 bytes
SHA-256: d27b5f2146b3ab3165975663f6e561a5c6e81d16be5103f1ac0673377a785cfd