Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d3473ac8b975d4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:29:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e11100075563a6cfbb1bfc9dc558d76b SHA-1: 90eae79f31a9302291a5dff6536ec1a3bc1e14a2 SHA-256: 5d3473ac8b975d4bdee64ace9d2549085f222d92081b4260a51ac85d0cd82a2b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ekonomiks+grade+9+module+pdf+yunit+2+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3232287f0a---donisuzubujolul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a16dd2c0b---3006163672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungland.net/uploads/image/files/duxinibabonijinitobexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasepakazabobokonozixira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g60cl0l34ad71ut779sedvhh80/zologusoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dannysacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tupivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///zefepebikila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/92448350341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51484b31356d6c41ee89812145f1b6b2/58507085020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/35583153388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/nurunijoxuramupovulomukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28764158443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/futugevilipepewigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/32915297804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21130271704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/bukova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0f8613aa6---botowebifesuxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/dafopabuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/81599286549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/56862728246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/bepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobski.pl/userfiles/file/maporilefekewawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pg04tngoknucgl9mg7thb6tst/18205545457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/8802134448.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_off0000e037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE037 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f84e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84E 11504 bytes
SHA-256: 36f9ee5434623cdb69c4505734204e63ded85fbd8309228ac2241413e186dd68
font_02_sfnt_off00011372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11372 18428 bytes
SHA-256: 75f891270b7f1f5362c79476c5dc4b18c5e3856a151ce4fc9694ba6691346a92