Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5df2f1a609870b71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:47:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 58434126a69ecccaee6f2fc98a19f7cd SHA-1: 7b0f5b8251604a78e5105297dd25e92a73503c38 SHA-256: 5df2f1a609870b712973dbe773b245a541539dfdfcba84f4ecf159de7867a84b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/nazazaxadegesa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/949e1f76d2c235724fe6be352b40fb16/sodaponojito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71d95d21896a4390bfaee957e84ca751/rorajamobigimenovapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eab143240c---39728745802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75laspm2u5pc0b134srilfs5v3/83134792817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/77079934472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packamate.com/userfiles/91331238462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2cbc84082---44560572670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkanyhajo.hu/files/file/23063075043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/jafitubalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/janigugivabibanaxenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b4b3b77a7---60042989574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/90870949983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fawenagomibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2a78d6977---bewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b51652e2f8a---91016390835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707c649a567---rotonepuzular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crediramasrl.it/public/file/kovijamipebofafoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bec276e29---36241444290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/3211801749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a87c952b6---2177745816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=many+much+a+few+a+little+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_off0000e0a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B9 17524 bytes
SHA-256: bfdf318724185d7cb5bf8c818252ac017efef0a8acdf934cf430d5f873496281
font_02_sfnt_off000125c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C8 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 314df5150fefc91efdda86af8f6ef4a202ddda2309908c83d46bbc89a3d39ec8