Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bca9db9abf56be9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-10-07 05:12:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e16e75d1a077aa397ceafb33991d17b1 SHA-1: 890bd2c465197a2c4269c1d462072f4571fbcdaf SHA-256: 5bca9db9abf56be9b5ec7d8ab4edeac4b405742d458a3b47215348aaf33b92d1
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 disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=that%27s+not+the+shape+of+my+heart+lyrics PDF link annotation
    • http://stimatacasa.eu/userfiles/files/32218248423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngenadmin2.nextgenphotosolutions-beta.com/app/webroot/files/file/miwuzegunofoxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/vuzominegofamulekotefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d6d149f4ca3dd0eeff7626259bffe2/tagezosigateteka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/wubebavulotaxefipatilidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interior-mark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/larigalisefivivovirakopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofejamobiluzuwekemajefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stockbauer.hu/uploads/file/20228632273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejowuzijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xpeedon.net/userfiles/file/20210919173135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/95627339860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd0406bb66e0e8c59d55caf7fb4307c/logawuriwuzipelojifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/98201959673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/78548254442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/4072337663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/nuxefoxepaxoroxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjhchem.com/upload/files/9063673398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logopeda-empatia.pl/content/file/76890634143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6392709639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bobexoluweneximozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/66085837448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shioturboapi4-xyz.com/contents/files/gezimajofavasigegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202109251808046936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54350322524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615962f41afe3---69655546082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtegl.wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/sumajuxolisakafitelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d48a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD48A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC9C 18760 bytes
SHA-256: 5921d2ce276e4f3d00e83f267bf5b34be34b10ee552ff751b51765dd666f67c1
font_02_sfnt_off00011da4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA4 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 40b55d350dd9c3530a0e4442cfc5de2fdce09bf343615a5c8ac76d83030ece24