Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c0f96d50f7e5723…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:55:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f6db4229b5c396386b1688fe2e49d5ba SHA-1: ce751090781c1470e5acab9631515869c874cacb SHA-256: 5c0f96d50f7e5723007affd886a0b4edaa1e5da2114b3a2418ffad81f0c46fac
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to download a secondary payload or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffaa1274c4ab811a0a1156d697af1e6b/borudulibaloru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/15785021790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210507122338164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4c11947ffaa1461c8b76c9b2205e25/vepitanarowuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c85ccd56e3---rovisaneromajogemiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/duruxetinukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/digonulelizeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84a3acfa9c---59931194084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8tn0o0sjdu9f0qog0uo2i6ljr/sogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802f6acabdf---kitinopitabatezudiginovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bbf490e8f---loguwoguniwapakodalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9f30da71d---43839511302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/tovuwolufeduwepudadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202162084428785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93782412489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/63325986522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/zeratege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092185bd40d4---14841407718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/66964523015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/95507652960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3fbe858c10---xigudewoguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905df483d95---wutatukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516115526907585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervgtour.by/var/upload/file/sabisemenoxixakijirijomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969fa79b77b---rekukapex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070552fa089b---96445513767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=young+life+need+talk+scripturePDF 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_off0001065d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E6F 16836 bytes
SHA-256: 1594c547de7122020b07af40882afd24ea1143301aed8cc8c3b5d50e1a426a90
font_02_sfnt_off00014a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A13 10968 bytes
SHA-256: a9ba0e212e5675a76517ab5c603c2ede1930a730be10ad8d1609e889b8b78f7a

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