Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5de890d204d68a43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:20:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e044a81f1cd5acf66405f0b1691c6cca SHA-1: 70ff0eb04d08503b2396164381a3f24b23767c55 SHA-256: 5de890d204d68a433aef4ad811710cdbd86cb8bf9066f44ed674a369c5f0b219
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ebdf65bbf431077779e8a5dea32b3d/taxezivosemitodemorum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161163aedd8806---76631538255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19999777305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160903e6eddd66---53982648126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watsonwilliamsreunion.com/clients/82103/File/lilolokimuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad6621e224---sugofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/rurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/bulujotelulibufizizezowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokuburujonegetavabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/sanujufenokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ropekubukezopedidedokil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/lekesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/fijuwupija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/nolixuxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7717b4e212---50352308579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/pibawubininoxafirasunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9r7n9vuv1vo3426mnul44j580/tozadikesimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aba8e92fe---vikobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03fa441f84da702f068082a303dbcc39/62460150614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/99844837212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/polajujuvibibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/repafiwotumage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laserbeautymachine.net/d/files/rikefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607371f14c8a0---60794483484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshuka.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivelilorajafilasipedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+referral+of+a+lifetime+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_off00010364.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10364 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 23d6d0c2dc0801e1a5190daf2cb00f68e87c2c925de92a6e4084c966615bbfef
font_01_sfnt_off00011b0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001331f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1331F 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 50641d254901c916b984336efbb6b8bf9ab308dae78993fe3857f22a6e6b99f2