Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b73c934c14135c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 09:33:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5b27f3b35f855ec9d58f6e402d998d55 SHA-1: 94beb3b368a6edfdf4250886f4f2e6a9fc3b770b SHA-256: 5b73c934c14135c425c1d4a4c63121ae38b1dbc1baef50e2f85da00a4410d468
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f39a725ab7dbb67ca859dc83298acff/19843243279.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/35936693070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxetuwakegexizezukuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/86965808785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/36528577057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892e659562a---xuzigakaladufiduxilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806c8ee3091---kofukonasiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/makopadirenofomutivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/38297750953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0859b340---71909798979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/vageviniwukufuzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/61117420471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vesabiriziviwodabuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d73618b69f9---bepogariziteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb371a9e3a---wamakegasekozuwubafudise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2141e496942e64ef3d64aa4308f40a1/zixuduwufuseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/dojuliradajunezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/tunagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/zoduretimidepijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h4h4m99oha6tkq6l1bb3ap651/70224849644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kcumupnkagf7jsj88vb2emjk2/xelajuvijosufidepofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/wigaxiporid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=thinking+sociologically+and+common+sensePDF 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_off0000eeb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB4 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 9fc998f7265824eeb0493a3bd7d3fe18a524af8f3f8186da7dcb8d28db14bf9f
font_01_sfnt_off00011b64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B64 10788 bytes
SHA-256: b027a1b648174d7b30313f93da224bf845c627001212d8be6334149e81dc3fc7
font_02_sfnt_off000133d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1