Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dcc06057d5ef706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 57bdbbd73115e9d4765e2ae68f63dc81 SHA-1: e8c24a37784f832087ca752f48e4641c7e650958 SHA-256: 5dcc06057d5ef706b6761915dd2480ac8e3d5ee760282fb3e111647246abbfb3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The document likely serves as a lure, directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/luzatiporatitepa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hwayoung.kr/upfile/files/zedulemutisivegomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/65791412410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72ec04e784332b6443db473f7bcbebd3/jiwilavelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11889870263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/virugisibilizebosifatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/tegodejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynotary.ca/sites/all/sites/mynotary.ca/files/56869914851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f25d9990801a0f5e5e880aee857ef65/lubejogozemure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://professionalcatererspaul.pageindia.com/resume/cms_files/files/xuxowugosepukobab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gutachterbewertung.de/userfiles/file/48492723715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/fusafakavaluribow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f73869262f600994d854975ad8156c24/bixeposodiwutakujobase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskup.pl/images/assets/file/57867364617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133edd632a4f---veminiwetiwisege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131579888e2f---57898832774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costarica4d.com/contents/files/sajilaminemamase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613735956693e---zifajevegixitizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compow.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25049570856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/105eab2346152b0fd2012601c903d244/45932849813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yucehukuk.com/resimler/files/79626491636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/sidutopelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/xewijirixefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujubemakomilaxizunemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bfbbad72a---kixubetobudamisig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+s10+vs+iphone+xPDF 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_off0000fb8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB8A 11132 bytes
SHA-256: dcf68b68a649c8e1b302f8898743ba7204d52f339abbe41af1c8a6bcc3529361
font_01_sfnt_off00011556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11556 18612 bytes
SHA-256: d221cb1310e7e48f91e7af92e096e13d4b061179d74460284050394e8f430b4a
font_02_sfnt_off00014540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14540 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1