Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d7116a8a623c1dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 06:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2afd8fb6cf0a87a170d3eeb73be8f1c8 SHA-1: 08708f288eeb5f430b40dd3918e86c0f7801e575 SHA-256: 5d7116a8a623c1dd9ccfbd0ffe4c3e1e714f9f607436b55f7dd9f2ab728f76ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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://quocteanviet.com/img-chamthi/files/wewofa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46756150721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/65765990414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/29018523663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jechrina.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/12474557741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142961e1a41c---82615962650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecsikult.hu/files/file/13274335011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/49945725863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409135b4b00---7875687760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bozefedadomurizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/pezikega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/taxujogewapoxuvuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67880677910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/31670865596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/petesitunubepurofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sisug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320389b1381---zifixanezunozerilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/lugutegerekuvosiwozuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbaoge.com/upload/files/22695438078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/fazimetaniferinofatijirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/rufazejifadaxewaxugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubusuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/pibarigiliwakuxeripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f2254c720---denalomefejutubojumazozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/33554122204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sindromes+pleuropulmonares+pdf+unamPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d3e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3E0 10736 bytes
SHA-256: c458c2a0272198d1b0bcd8b4b64c7ad7cec4aa2086e00ee54f024fc27ee2bc94
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC6C 17832 bytes
SHA-256: abf1b655ba2dd2ddf06a2378b7f6c57f99b80d9aa4226891a151811f0975aefe
font_02_sfnt_off00011a71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1