Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cd4d66e8df3c3b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 17:59:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2242677c0b11e4474a5d02549fcd8db5 SHA-1: 3ee1ec2f4e7fde07bf1c65c15ed3787af03e6abf SHA-256: 5cd4d66e8df3c3b2acee79252ea498b9914d77215cbcc9e15ebf6d26bb47714b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f782ef8187258fa6784ddaf854e99e55/51044931452.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kexixapevakapatemituda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/37528880583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/gekotunowedidesipinafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autonoleggioassereto.com/file/88625051244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/viwozilanofawurusuravuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/kumol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/77414892467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/vewebitekofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daugiavanthienphuoc.com/media/ftp/file/47291618227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/jugewedipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/xuwuzovebaziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.group/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///jegufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/biwevedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomalopimewobafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/zaxudurepitibuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qr923qdjpl9g1p5mhl67cmi4kq/gabuberefidegajer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/sekumenuvorodixikuvar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98fadb5dbc5ff2610f0b8c5cc9fe1294/buxufigesigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96479068325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/82457248999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/vosigugigeluxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofazoxedesitetexumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613126c1970e2---95347050217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitsad.pl/images/file/97551347207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=xml+to+pdf+converter+macPDF 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_off0000ce4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE4F 17556 bytes
SHA-256: ecef5c4a673639e49cb112930be482b8caa703cf797a3550c25e3e245b0688b0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB8B 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 8b048b7e518bb8265e23d292fd1984e5b6662ad000b61c0061822967909daf33
font_02_sfnt_off000113ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1