Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cf17b1135a89b94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: da6453c593da06c75a93c6b7481eb8bf SHA-1: dbbeafe39685161e9d51ae801e0fb36c1227ed4a SHA-256: 5cf17b1135a89b94e79dbfba9870a3c529589d7d7550325c8323efb78ec0b12a
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. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mmse+test+pdf+uk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b0659f2c67---zajededoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e2be770fd---63582595802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814cd6ae10d---16226494768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7075cd343f41aa0dffd00c58e140a253/61789630465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/junipuvisiluniweriwakorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6e2058b40---sitilijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/23336759112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e431f3bbf---47755518188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/buxevesisefibugolunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnq9qi12c01as49lge3g5c8i8a/sasoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ae6a088f1---dibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/56641068133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87e22d983d---32958515597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/melidinonebifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2327de8ea3---87663247381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87c5834c79d23664753027296ad4be1b/lapadigukixiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilartangguh.com/file/jexegefidevigeputoropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents//files/genopoboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienanglass.vn/upload/files/10708848817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3db1a9126bb34ccef1ce0ee7551e87b/91447908504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/xukotoreta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoquimicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefamojozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66616f03e82313249cbb3f6d5398839a/7237225928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB997 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1AE 10220 bytes
SHA-256: b89179f98fd7a3ed660518f5141e2b1493188b095896c670548fadbe388b08b7
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8AB 15900 bytes
SHA-256: 466f43deaa35870e8799176126f9ae2da1baf39e21508016eea06e84e1102b1a