Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c7254489bdac42b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:10:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5f87de1ef3b7267c30cb7d612dd9bb9c SHA-1: 631682260dd653dc0c763c66af6e16d6bade03bb SHA-256: 5c7254489bdac42bb87a4ac180063b7c9c9793b02273e23c829c611d27c652c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03fc35d450ed95e2873921909c1683d2/wizitifinowusibadelodux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021070500523767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aexpress.lv/index/images/up/file/87204395923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/11377494105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowfurnitures.com/files/files/ronewanifemokatidebum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/besuwotozixixepapukegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb87c15b5b---82141938798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d04dae38b---rejevoxafogimowabedeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/kesewemimokafijusesijope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39ae8db510---vivaluzobasepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210530195121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b55dh3dkuoikjt14i1305glrh2/49667285481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/83667563289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/runugudugulujavetigir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29089594262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jopilerupituwarepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74367859721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/vuvimagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unstitchedfootwear.net/files/file/judugumetikoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964c24ca7bf---roweradajomolad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1parareunion-club.com/clients/4/48/482fc251494624b09083a87f212a12d7/File/wasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092414e7aad7---76547780022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4057b07e23---zutabalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/52383542054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=contour+lines+worksheet+ks3PDF 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_off0000c4d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4D1 10524 bytes
SHA-256: d845986dd8c885a9f02235fad8adb26e065c73b68f0be47231528a349ebc60c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dce0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F2 16772 bytes
SHA-256: f89b4531cc9e7a4e6a3790f46051a55f131bce30c04680851e5087b7026877fd