Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d7f94e0340d0867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:23:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 177f6dc0ab4446eb0d5c8dbe0d92c49a SHA-1: dcdb811c061b7191f1e8a26f18cc8d75a09e7c66 SHA-256: 5d7f94e0340d0867e35a9338b997fecf564b81ae962b986b44ce213079e1386f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common method for exploiting vulnerabilities in PDF readers to download and execute malicious content. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/zosumajizojijujedika.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/somexepojurozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/820fa4adc805115c89cdec2c0070ba65/dukujikekuwemazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e91e6f8a94be0f7d168aa19db8fb7f5/93487202411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653107f5fd24f0fe361225e831d1433a/55069755328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd06208c37---91484501304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42186676580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608677ab46ffd---1594827596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbazainville.org/userfiles/file/pigibuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/anqptj8hsfqckad966dh7c2hk9/wisololudunanabuxirojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/4536344037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suacuacuonthanhhoa.com/upload/files/zetekudefuruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f3ba572b7---37887413313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/79983072589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/22936255781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/22894288784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/210806123533388752edehmwmjg0xg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.eu/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///mupaxepukawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be2538a4957e172e171811d6b9a7577f/53846246264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/1506134053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/7971359643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/063921933e0e66ed6828649f72dda513/tedemiwopidifosuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+real+idPDF link annotation
    • http://zs.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70499255726.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_off0000dbaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAA 17192 bytes
SHA-256: d3d9c17f48b30f4f213ded1200f6dc1d7ab95a79bf2da1f142b2623c6c95a26d
font_01_sfnt_off0001087c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1087C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012092.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12092 9820 bytes
SHA-256: 0ed787c1074d998cdf3c765cf23a8c2614d9a623acf8c2147435ca47c98191df