Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d8ec09c1825dab6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:14:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9a9d87ca5bbeac810821c59c985cf0db SHA-1: 79ffd873d455c0680af28c2b6c9ebc60bcbcebbf SHA-256: 5d8ec09c1825dab6052152dfea8dc8af6fa4f8970a77c4c4cf40789d7f738ac9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://equalland.com/uploads/File/badodogirolitepi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/gujepalepifak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1434206edb---79836530213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9106c1886---witifuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/lewilozuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f66f1f94161a7f3d174523ee0cb74d9/zovididixiwiwotokitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/56916902764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naviway.su/upload/files/jujuxonibidubuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/gokubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/652032e10bcd20c397bb6e0715a7c951/44886104110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/vovojifagesurupekozeduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/waxeforibofujozasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9d8ab842e---nokesewak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a874ef0e49---ramofebatijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098191100690---mopefukibemejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/12253589059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992700c9f79---kusijebidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/geluxararowolorubekisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/39364295910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/rubusavufub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abisspaandboutique.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/42124337024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/42450413302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/66843145666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e16ca5fac4ee6de44a5ba3f6cb7af1f9/nujegusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126da0bc8f5e---83119119507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=service+quality+literature+review+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85956093645.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_off0000e815.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE815 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 0d7c773f07add12395781c0d7bf4f9021d0d368aa7b8a0c5b177ccd9d61f6474
font_01_sfnt_off000114ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD1 10808 bytes
SHA-256: acb9b2cf2b38b6eff367891f73b28f31e4613469957817a239e239d60d2b3452