Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b29e94c6deb7007…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 15:03:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 136ddc82348c92fdb5f102f62780b59d SHA-1: 9a326c337577b67d5aae710e8cec028a5d0cb059 SHA-256: 5b29e94c6deb70078c7b07766229701360daca6295abc827cafa9b370e844dba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/rirujobipokijufalex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qajr1nct0pmbfoscndouei3qf/nufaxazewukofibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d04adcc3d2---52715504428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c9e716e201fc3baa84a14a4f67c1a29/94906370750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aeddi64efo6rbc18sj3j82g50/lewelij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/dojolugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/divawidemisola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fdf6e2c589---73346498993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4060e5b86c175b00c55cc1f87d795a23/lejelaligoxujelimazisuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetownsendfamily.net/clients/a/ab/ab79602242cca8f930cd52af13df1d51/File/xakiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba97d50abd4---60433885544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/20478503464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapuluwoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae5904c837---40137463957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/55552474614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f67f1da8e2e26bfd97929cd925d9a6c/76570297919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/20990183228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/78424061656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44677e810cc09129e1a8a004b6aa3b7/zutigesorobowuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/kizokobimesozesevavaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0o865t66msu54hi2pgoljcut7/767506594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/gexovuzalaratetusevul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=cours+et+exercices+d%27anglais+3%C3%A8me+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_off0000fd4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4E 19780 bytes
SHA-256: a4b8175b422f48217ff6a6a6115f0ede9d03fc9ee6d798ac8657faaacb2ea831
font_01_sfnt_off00012ffe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FFE 11556 bytes
SHA-256: 88f44fb4aa5818877a1228351aaf9a85c3c0a8aea2f1fb2f93e10cb8a4cc50de
font_02_sfnt_off00014b0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1