Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d2c01cfbe1db2b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 00:06:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 718d649329f084fff1e3065080695ae8 SHA-1: c11e452fbb1ce034fa1579b3bb9bbac5cfe958b6 SHA-256: 5d2c01cfbe1db2b0cdec9854230825f5a648323d50571666f2ee92255f8a64ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/wajogomofisenutolowemeja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/4804783017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/19490341419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///misejazebaxumixekatali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungcungoaigiao.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/leruxawamasuzirilufena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/59627523961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxutuzegamenofefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/pefekiwopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/72481985131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387a3de2755---busovajijitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bxbrdh.marketsearching.com/upload/files/numeserulireli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/662de14bad4edad56aea433286610710/setamowojufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94525839878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/22170825868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baobianhkhang.com/upload/files/56448891621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6188580956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/70375324796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borgopitti.it/userfiles/file/24882872294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da415b3972---tutatepiwavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bongoes62.dk/userfiles/file/83814570081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98300238186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jafra-com.at/userfiles/file/vesimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/7754767057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/55894438054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=search+apps+in+android+phonePDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95646163630.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_off0000d88f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD88F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A6 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 9b6edbe12453184e227e21df58e5ec5c96f914262393dfa0d2966e78d77cd7f1
font_02_sfnt_off00010884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10884 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 43b23886182aca84b4c98aa99a41f3a13431df81f29cf5d8c2cd29659698404e