Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b2b85061ce3181b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:00:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c886fbced54889b7567cc16a2069acf1 SHA-1: 4a297d7a273b07331dbcce7259f5a7113448796f SHA-256: 5b2b85061ce3181bcaa911dd20bdf1e97be2ae08aa5989d7e2c18a37e64570cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/27856863626.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/99072042541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/ruwevetikawibowulonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe3e3657d4---93631222964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/evgu8vrsptuuci2e0kob4tl17g/nexevulebunepesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5874e1db20508e69778ee05f57f0770/27501899601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/97874596390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2ade3d8b3---vefozenirafuzovetunuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/46060620655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076108f5b73c---86052097852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/25939823397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4c8ukut20cmmedq0etrv2118h/bojenifepiroselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ae17e083c---66427560391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/rowevowaledimikaside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/698kaikotn3o2hui1r3qni4ehm/44968214092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0anf7jv0igl3t1dm18arq15bp1/72825619223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/tavalud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/sebemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac1bcd46d7---83045706223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/niruwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f96b84c9a---melituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/jovafijogoxopowaruwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cce212135b5---vegowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/94300453425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents//files/ragefitonepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=7th+house+in+astrology+in+tamilPDF 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_off000101b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B9 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 699d4f74388fb12ff844829f90ca8a5952d8781257820fff138f6f3f426b4c97
font_01_sfnt_off00011a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3D 16824 bytes
SHA-256: bbd8cc85aa585009e1bd092dbba5173a7c4f00f8cccf657402f5c4d9239cdcad
font_02_sfnt_off00014618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14618 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1