Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b671eed44a7b631…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:16:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8db4b9ffb5b2d4c8a7ae46d092c2eaa8 SHA-1: 7f4712b99cf423ab62c219ae9bf7766f0129dffd SHA-256: 5b671eed44a7b63180fe83af2e9a4086268e4924073edd81be4023f146905eb2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qb069bq2dhmgdc7in0s98cs9pv/33908185556.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/tosobesexipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0af698425d---pugonadezuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/ketixewej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4c5856824---nusomorowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/kejuwizebuvegapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu351qubr2ajt8hu8c4rdkcgeq/dezegadufapasume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b955b9eddeb375fda8ad603bfda84765/27605095660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/76511929619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c661b62ca0---15766248398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331020a5ba7---kubinipoxikobirojolat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careerroots.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20461893410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b58545d59af---futivinudijegega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indexone.ru/upload/file/1313132595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/7288841715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcad2631b5---wazosaxadiruwanajolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjzhtchem.com/upload/files/pijikulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/3778513423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsocialwlefaresummit.com/app/webroot/uploads/ckuploads/files/bubufodanibagekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/pinawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cb18aeffbe---binewibijebigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/15445545477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/54496413537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seltec.io/images/uploads/files/18364134360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverthesky.it/file/pewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=sony+tcm+939+cassette+recorder+manualPDF 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_off0000d544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD544 11068 bytes
SHA-256: bd46b5f2dbd0352b118f6c09e1b73e353f8c7f23ae6b394ac9fc04c93f03cbb6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10735 17844 bytes
SHA-256: dc9f879e13e720d099c31f4108a66fb6e10bef45ca4bce750428630557875947