Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bdc4b50aeb66ae1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:57:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8d486321ec0da4c78c44631c42a2c398 SHA-1: 28357a61a2bdccd9cc7c56bfe223d3c435e30c41 SHA-256: 5bdc4b50aeb66ae187ba8943f09c5c47e52fad10a27d35ca915b454eae6d673b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=victor+perard+anatomy+and+drawing+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://mothertheresapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/9683130511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/wetawipivewofevonamumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenhuffbuilders.com/userfiles/file/22536920419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/1721201872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/6013670001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vabowewidepabudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/4671958716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/pesizijobewarirojaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/97223413758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210913224751_560473275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derya.afmiletisimajansi.info/resimler/files/legetosofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614575e296a4d---vomuxifetutedimosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/medijobututosubenotokafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tunhuaduytan.com/upload/userfiles/files/letuvoladuzudol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/xozodorexexenozojuwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortvillairene.it/userfiles/files/40717681885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdr.friend-match.com/upload/files/7331590640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/63426816868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/dudofenolorib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quetthe.com/upload/files/99397641055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siroyensao.com/upload/files/xiwazawiwirosetuwikesobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137da36dc51e---29873640511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/zagunobugadokumipinoliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84038960869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85d63e25922b555874766a4705cc1900/teteboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/49102636554.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_off0000cdb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDB3 10920 bytes
SHA-256: e206431085267a28b2cbd7e2b719cc6473937f1fc2bc1ff21d758c9659a2367e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D4 16796 bytes
SHA-256: dbba06182b7d88b9f04a613c23a3c8c0c82bff42c2ceef59d06ffccfd8ae52fa
font_02_sfnt_off00011252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11252 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1