Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ced91d438c4e6f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:37:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 32b4c76ccda61a10edf50b0103da9183 SHA-1: 1a5bc96ca0f70a67c240f526854b837128ede9cb SHA-256: 5ced91d438c4e6f376a3ad6a67708730d212ae7646677577ebdcf389fb06f3f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external websites. Several of these URLs are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61123051263.pdf
    • http://rigosarchitects.gr/userfiles/file/jaduwilexodevivozafi.pdf
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/99898840924.pdf
    • https://simbhaolipower.com/images/file/geviz.pdf
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/gowolinagaburev.pdf
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2915d010fc9a8e9d7eed2c662de2af/39123401294.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357c318040f---40357064322.pdf
    • http://trip-sale.ru/userfiles/file/51851874689.pdf
    • http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84989960363.pdf
    • http://honeystraw.com/uploadfiles/file/nuwimika.pdf
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/gigamuzebuforidavewumu.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a134ec5db49a643bb759871cf8ba8b4/foxikamikewugodenorali.pdf
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/lopuvelosolovabefumawodug.pdf
    • https://tutorsbureau.net/userfiles/file/timogekidinam.pdf
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/76870233178.pdf
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/26156595553.pdf
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/kexeguma.pdf
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/milemolasabikajopevapiv.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068737a8dabca3e2f0a902f7c6a51149/84482413021.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145eb723bc8e---75808698423.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbbc16568fefd33e5015f91f00201acb/16611360288.pdf
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/larine.pdf
    • http://restokrat.info/userfiles/file/nimapusedisamavesobuke.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=games+setup+for+pc+windows+7
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b5a6.bin
b39437b37e38103ff059a0be886eadf7219048d16264102e7dfc403819dbf570
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5A6 14732 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dad8.bin
29ef3c450f2a1bee28658acc1e5a96639a69685e11c1b71dd322abaea74f4f00
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD8 11008 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f495.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF495 16792 bytes