Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dc4827e9f2776e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 09:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5f2ceffe989200c804d0d5dfcc091dbc SHA-1: d2d7842dfa534f7ae4f191a393482988b7166ea6 SHA-256: 5dc4827e9f2776e1214683c570d385468e9806d796e598efca08b46435328b39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for malicious purposes. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://premiersuli.hu/files/files/10002845010.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/wonidoreso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/xiferez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/2261370214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tungalag.mn/userfiles/files/73068072409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86488762264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44880323464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/86430469858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/mibusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/26514020044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/luvidorafabogakazexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ec673cd8e---20070866483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-riba.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zufolesijizaxopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a46ce5833f65401f45e296f3c93ef8de/75726128462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/bewefumuzaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonudibowepogareduwirapaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/44359370636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/zibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/92307107606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polletnv.be/uploads/files/7140505951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klm-co.ru/foto/ck/files/34316246630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2fbb0fcaa---rumunoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2245b5049---48143565809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15068930968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=what+language+do+you+write+android+apps+inPDF 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_off0000e9da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DA 17764 bytes
SHA-256: d1926b7f8186b5a8360ac502cedab3cfe469b40ac8094e97ad56f8393cc22595
font_01_sfnt_off00011766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11766 10964 bytes
SHA-256: cd7cb3bbabb44cb828529c7482dad8595fda4987216416beaf7afa50be727a1a
font_02_sfnt_off000130a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1