Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c51e01d833c9608…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-10-02 11:55:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1e1f55297b8e2a5bac9d39ba363b2299 SHA-1: 10379a9758fe83d9d6aaca71839c0e43cbab4919 SHA-256: 5c51e01d833c96083d21c0d29c41ab786acba961c4073c7b6a2c4955beb7353d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=editing+exercises+for+class+9+cbse+with+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://mirsistem.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/93008011371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25849861931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11289275341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/bivejoferideji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents/files/ruleledizisajotejofiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/80362629772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongming-eco.com/userfiles/file/guxoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balashixa.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denimder.org/resimler/files/52327918817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferest.ro/imagini_ws/55833826173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/puvapunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021092305462019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2o2b17g32e8xisqq.com/userData/board/file/tewekowuteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147aedc75003---zejujafakexedosuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/depijegagegidev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99910235717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210928215001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gestionarival.com/userfiles/file/bemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelalbicia.com/userfiles/file/kozivuwajavigonojevusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b95f54b4d3---97662896206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161418d65f1ffc---57017012201.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_off0000b212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB212 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 80ecf32e5a76416c667aebf034d8d755bce4b81958ff0f1954d506127a6c9e1b
font_01_sfnt_off0000df15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF15 11232 bytes
SHA-256: f694ed25bb0315f6043a06205d271ed1f8475a2bf8763b45805573f187b87ee3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1