Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bd4833d62e4ec4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:26:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 14df9805894da34bdede5a23ce835ce5 SHA-1: b27505724fdb009e2eaf16e9ea0bbc5d81999a2c SHA-256: 5bd4833d62e4ec4f019648d73c0d105639187f3b3a3dae83775f1a42b4c886d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely serving as a distribution mechanism for further payloads or phishing content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86247d24d9---sibuwodepagikigubomumer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb8ed9710e---29502676869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100db0ee0de1---43848121431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e8501acec---bivawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0afb4e485dad88ac5fb45815ae3fa379/fokabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48cf05b3bcb9ccea675cfcd24ee46d94/jojanurupudonunesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songiadahoaian.com/upload/ck/files/nadiwafuzurirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/bilifubavidanujurokopibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/wirepigedunuvator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77be3cdb62a3e2851936763841d10d47/serub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/457a331a4417486f8e113c43ed833387/29079674644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/40467741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotutureketefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/37205488161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a701363be---wotuvimagunobekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/16152886106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/90604683647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///202109046321_239730017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/puvoxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/ratatewujowisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/figadikonogasifexuxatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=fluke+tl75+test+leads+pdfPDF 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_off0000be55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d66c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD66C 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 390fe7735b1c82f157cdb955bb1f899a0e3adf594c9563384a1326d65a72f564
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE53 19624 bytes
SHA-256: 43c6281a0b74cc55dabd2e541d92f56100f6f5a703a81e395702aa20e8840e1a