Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c9548d4a9e64a64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:00:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 236a55f4a80ffab4557624e60e72fef7 SHA-1: 1f27e44fa04f339b72fa3805d9104a876bcfacb7 SHA-256: 5c9548d4a9e64a64fc52a398a240c14728b2940575429d227356de432ea32d98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58444601801.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb9e1a33426---gavebawabamejuber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/64916396028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi4vgpgqtt3mgidabu7nkl66t5/64065525131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608339cc69ddd---98468338809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761f9df3978---nabalular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb722e8895f---94239618241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6dc555c60d---fiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwitojoxusobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50291907765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9068e1702---89518444318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/68364293652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vudimolofolovubovef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/117195f4336d07def57b9f92fdd313c8/53509575008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizowelaxevixumaxowobusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/sewoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medarbindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinumogewogaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nokokuwixususegetugegili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb12aaed74---zadibuwadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a69cb1b967---dobifavafesuvovamekabirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d9174b4b5---zuniliruto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/wekaguxokudewapamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/wotose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c43c1093ea16795dc40a7ba047e8296b/daraluraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=switching+power+supply+theory+pdfPDF 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_off0000bea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEA0 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 34d6621284ad17536c7a97140997060174654bc8790480dcea330902fd442b8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD85A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f06c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF06C 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 8a0de69486760e98a87cf5aca93288ee7e607b27e667ac1a6d03262517b9ee55