Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b8d753a7aca4158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:21:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7e74f1b821b4821ba2ceac1e599bb5be SHA-1: e9db24eb3935ee4c8e3c13436189968691d8cb7e SHA-256: 5b8d753a7aca415803ded08f3f05c652e3c8259a383fe69c8de04c7f477f3d5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to disposable or compromised hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://brs.jo/userfiles/files/pakimolibirudalegudun.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brihat-group.com/assets/userfiles/files/fevuvenoxobato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/53257543811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/mozajisujagoviludoret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11e9c49b0i6n594joj3uql6tm4/todogetezekadimaxaxitokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb6687f428---xuvexivifupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/fiwikepexazilema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbd363ce187---35388098031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/somudegorologekenarefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66e07a3244305587735887bc19a4a928/vogowetiperewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u088skg6rt5ioaku80g9ttsbg1/75607985305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/jadupawubodagusatuduluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/namebodijonavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veszpremkosar.hu/_user/file/tebatuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taihegas.com/filespath/files/20210807234744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dabc7d8843---pogotifolenuvenizawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/fijilufope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/14431981556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nua6thj10890vh1hvf87svr5t8/89445980318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/lolanilipipupubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4d02c87c9---bipeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dumipajepuxemuberidome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35f891309f---75447158735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+file+reducer+less+than+100kb+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_off0000e4f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD05 17080 bytes
SHA-256: 90a1dc3bd098ce95c7a9f9ba173e0a2b799dfa22a9a4db74a4e6e053d04856b0
font_02_sfnt_off0001298b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1298B 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 2c84f892ac64850754c1620e5f512bf812c8dd8d344723518121a2b6c0acec5d