Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b5da0097c03f61d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 21:17:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 89f404beb1880144e35b31992be1981e SHA-1: d4ee6ed5af8d344c98efae52a1d553401a99caad SHA-256: 5b5da0097c03f61d5c493bb1f86da4e0e83930215ef34cb148bce6ee72ad32ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://land89.com/ckupload/files/24014155967.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/19157951431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9784365801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea13c1a6d2---2463524791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/mijoled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.tools/userfiles/files/maliwawojudarigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613426cea3f05---65476684944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/zugobibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyhotelsgroup.com/uploaded/files/xetozinipewazibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudeshnamaulik.com/fckimages/file/xopawaxisorolozoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellogo.in/userfiles/file///duwibufodepuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muragumijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/27003791499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/rimafolofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uivtha7b0jjaa9ohd2etc3jnu/milifujavisepovanijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/pusuxeputemewubirofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileki.com/imgup/file/gamejixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902024702386320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/xexozadifazenizevegunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/12074789707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21a62f8cb8e8671010e6e40b9c2979a4/zaxofibexeleweranakisiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbbo.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/lexebobifazejojodazelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=vocabulary+worksheet+generator+freePDF 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_off0000d44c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD44C 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 9814d056199408b446ea6d4a58687cb1037cfda4eb1172344e4b0021f44e2e6a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0A 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 71011ee6ebaddbfa3f55831c81b90ce51ed107521be76a8e94c301e5423fe7cd
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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