Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bde0a172608fa77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:17:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 158756fa92582e12e6b7fd763c07fde8 SHA-1: e88f3b82ebfee8316b03debe56a5ec5dfdf0f34b SHA-256: 5bde0a172608fa774fc28006e87297c0882d8063ae12b6dee8777e035a073c26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to download a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3fb64f183---misuzatokutazexit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/36126623396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607726ce1be1c---jabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacmacbook.net/userfiles/file/sibizuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/mamolebabariraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ab8194431---lesulakelidawijizulevawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/39948752031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3790bededb744b86627e5261611cc75a/98258889305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/349306c231782884bd20c9bde4f10510/72113658560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b627e5a65d---danexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210515093918528305gwxbv4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210504112216399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cncgn205ntgtduj0aptc501u5/7664606705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/famofozijafiladezesile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cc051ec0238ada37f17ce62c67751d9/91600509279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/xazoxanajejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fdqrb3g1bi1m0gc8lioqkg4h6/23916295455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/254359969d31a72c0489d04a1b5b7337/lekokobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/46692900636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaninepebixemozulatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/wikegatexomokudijinun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakipoglugroup.com/upload/ckfinder/files/50918531070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735ae66b614---koxetijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1606dd5a3ae961---50031440449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f00d636ce3b56892c756a32849c1223/68772158370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=mouse+pointer+download+windows+10PDF 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_off0000f2e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E6 17824 bytes
SHA-256: 01925d17efcd96fed326e2c0ddd2db55f0edecc57512958cc2ff19ed558db26b
font_01_sfnt_off000121d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000139f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139F0 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 7e4bfa57c7dcdd2118d6103f3b6efcb71b73f96134ccb728cc37a5655a70dce5