Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b5aab378540580d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: dbd26a884cb1bbd31070bc9e8f30632f SHA-1: 68ce5b1ed85bed3d33d2f403ed42e1e777a49b5f SHA-256: 5b5aab378540580d4b89a8a57d840ea14752e6624d02b8d98b8efbdc35d83640
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of 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 distributing further malware via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904205309622042.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.marjojaspers.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52469110941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovu36gmmnajiv2khgn9t1rdmaf/60459831458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffc307dc8c---24486630948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chulatutoracademy.com/chulatutor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mekuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38980212584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161428ed010ec9---53094681874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/manalepaziseliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a9b79fde244fd423310436e32ca8729/vogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/mudoveruwilunukab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vectorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/tejojozefosedake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sandsflooring.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77631737786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19714301414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exteractif.fr/pictures/2/tupexifole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/40626695794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/gapoginetanegiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenteriyaki.com/uploads/files/viwexaralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427a40f0e04---61054524468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qcfloor.com/userfiles/file/56987946307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frigosztufi.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79818217684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ed83490922490fa0e9a426bbae12d33/34609786741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/37743580465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/69473623240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=brother%27s+day+malayalam+movie+onlinePDF 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_off0000e6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6AA 10780 bytes
SHA-256: d6e7637c463d6218f45e3a2cb9ec3aea3ff60189d595a6bb70daf7be0d1645b6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6E 17520 bytes
SHA-256: e91aacad98aea3e1df694f8a2e78ee02f56512f61dfc115b924a4ba0d9fd68b9
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1