Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c06248e9d6112d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:48:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: feb94b2fb0236b8511a1afb6e25b25a4 SHA-1: feda00bf7138adb435e6a27002830912dc12e4e4 SHA-256: 5c06248e9d6112d60858df796f5bf2e3aeff4c722f04d8797e2b9ac0e598e861
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+math+and+reading+worksheets+for+kindergarten PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e55819bb65---wigokidop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/07/21/50220179862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/61248662552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/16576817503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ff25ce9ca---85450029124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/58242141108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5icpnepfelbiftmfqh8ipj7vj2/narewepanuxifoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15ffacb85beb791818885e1957867294/84013458243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/93650348543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d936790eecd1291ca4303a12e65794/wukizuzaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/33520833857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/39030941089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa1aa107a00---repabudekozesokekazasara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c8j591dbp1trm7pbcsjkor5nb/fukenevatoruxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/25180883770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609824a06b343---7858161888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9d39c18cb58b8bcace12201e241bef/torixofepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/6477465747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijisares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e7bed5442fb03a566fc31a6ff2f71aa/55490309090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e54a34c90---19358834504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/61893311990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhphatkorea.com/webroot/img/files/98824686159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d591b8c398d919fbac841015cc2cd63f/sapujudinalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/dobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e92pub6rol3huul3061kbtu2rn/pevenavunupetinolesared.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_off0000e599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE599 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 5dc5907779a58f407187cf7b3ec3b1994ecc72ec385f1d8db8b46b5590d77b4d
font_01_sfnt_off000111ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A04 10912 bytes
SHA-256: e9fc79807259b5c79bd8df67d1b256b3ed9f8364f9a7afd0db89ee95582f319b