Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cedef416937ceb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 21:25:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b07bd3e7676eca9b3eca0f3133f9471f SHA-1: 7fac1ed4a59d4746f8ccf8739a881fd4f39b1f28 SHA-256: 5cedef416937ceb059a76b9d27a042f7a01095e747c049d05aa9a694b5544b20
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, identified as a link farm, strongly suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9771

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://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/nazigerutubegonunojobej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqqts1msdb0d8dgec8rm5tni9e/25799548802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1184a3e9f0603773be13f1a75792d960/rujakapaboder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/fotazojedekoxeriwexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3388253fe4---laguneminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjandjunemillerfarm.com/clients/75830/File/57235332962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84e4191d16---pawesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bkg5fn2cbnd6ajlav3nn9rr29/fumefopatijokirunoraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/nepagirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/81766260116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30f63383533bbf713df743acce1d69c5/296219304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/popet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/jerufupejesixuwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/guv04u6rl5n1rv5npgc3m1vil5/zijizuriboluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.minaakshimajumdar.com/fckimages/file/pajubezewugobuzuzubuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simon-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basifexupodago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolemontagna.it/userfiles/files/52877013923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff1916aea2fe87333ae9f25d9f31e7e/7679383872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/82687604832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13c0f038f8---mikipivazemijapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6bf6302c34---51320157931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45779047135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbm3cr3mbbbj5k55778hlndh82/legekiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a9cab995c63b7cf3d833196b06eb442/97969668960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df42ee56e7---famiwaxedulapozevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/xofenudujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=give+as+a+clean+hands+lyricsPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e3e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E3 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 230ad58a36adbc22d4c2543baddd568e86938846fc6b5e51042474042d9b7df1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB91 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa49ca30b1f57c6e4f8b99ad1f73ead7010ce1f191e20d716503af09158f46
font_02_sfnt_off0001110a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1110A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12917 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_04_sfnt_off0001311b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1311B 18880 bytes
SHA-256: bb49a6e796d76a0922640bd7c6dbf4b865ea3e376748d9bdc845e2472b090203