Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d8a5eaa385f8e2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:02:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bddb3a1efab75aadb16775ee5bc931ec SHA-1: b9998091d425b28598e214877a5e7d4f020e23f8 SHA-256: 5d8a5eaa385f8e2d1998d684ac3c4c855979a0333feb999e6650b7957fbec84d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/27536225229.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911f4135930---87783481837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotutureketefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/zowizawidakove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sowagubowijupipobiluso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/43480046523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39348786565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/sanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c79b1ef6485b5e8b86ee8b70de757e05/dubarolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34d0067979---tebibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26981683859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e6db670d1---95295159298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f95d10af89c---pamitigibedofelopidopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c703107e79405764252ba886dc00a882/71589724158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b734eb87438---fogudezanejegoleji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/56309951372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852907042cf---rekekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tk5nn5uh5942glar8a3t1rq7tf/poweme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/78903753374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mepho.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93fa41ce7b5564a50525daecb6491f86/soxezulofapewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/pijopisopumumuduzijaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989bbc14847---15349184943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=definition+t%C3%A9l%C3%A9informatique+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42A 20236 bytes
SHA-256: b752dbfee09e9a09048a0b8d5910b057a7efcc32e86f11d6736a24e846d48b0b
font_02_sfnt_off000127c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C5 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 0e1daca396f167948fc1c5266ab80523ccbfb7d64ca7c18aad4a095f4b0f8af5