Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b28057b69d3e31d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 14:57:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a62428c6549b07f5407fb5d2310e2270 SHA-1: f281b8ea225a7a104d1429894ba6c96cb0915264 SHA-256: 5b28057b69d3e31d5825edc086de164f9423a80cace97a01aa302ace5294f6bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's used to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript also indicates potential for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://clinicscrm.com/img/files/3538962271.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gulamanis.com/contents/files/tojipasiwitoguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djpress.pl/Image/files/61278166188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5f9998bd6---62041211108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/35155077355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1605318029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/juvejiraziwirisezije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/gevawedivogifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/43706256237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/60071577594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ca14b17e3---56038269116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveondealz.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/nibifamurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/93479302239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613124bb580ed---xepugudoniwemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/vojaxuvukizobita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eklyps.net/images/file/87127389798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/gudanakepuwoxanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98764569918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/82126732866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/69407359636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goredobixaroxusizeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/2416127125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/fabimusizivikupubagolide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/mifokoredolesexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=brazil+vpn+apkPDF 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_off0000bfd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFD6 10000 bytes
SHA-256: 0531b5a702063427472d51896c44fba01262ee132e911ac690b84cecee32f40e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD616 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE28 19092 bytes
SHA-256: b229b5848c1abca8c422b1fb25419e0cc67fccfc7cabdef93b780a042eae2080