Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e0fdb4f82d8eb57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 16:19:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 31e563f4320b1b62f2ec801247b62b11 SHA-1: 7cc9d5b0f36fa744af9edb191f92c31c00fb2b06 SHA-256: 5e0fdb4f82d8eb57fe713551ad37b911337499513c39a7ba82d717f8dd2344c2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and links to multiple compromised websites, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick the user into downloading a payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://himalayanespresso.com/espresso_ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagunidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/laraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yam-token.com/business_school/uploads/file/furoxilozupisaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090918145373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141104d22192---lowuxoxobek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejiya.com/userfiles/file/54778957877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/leriluxobowuwomozopawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f76cdc475---welepukagugiremuravokeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/furofisagixegidimofogubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/5062731007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skopjemuzikon.pmgrecordings.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevikobuburaraxunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/gosotadapuvafalifikudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/39031859242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejexekajanoxezasaxidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614219adaf438---17035817117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kitpaisal.com/mypicture/file/40994047429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f27szerviz.hu/upload/files/jirufulunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb251eeb44---74265489190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac2e3359e8---68957772614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://free-note.kr/files/fckeditor/file/2089647578613867007caaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/9258037870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vconsole.com/ckfinder/files/32459503059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/37719867532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecosdaliberdade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexegerabuxagewiboxemobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=best+launcher+for+s20PDF 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_off0000ea95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA95 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 12407d7026a66458a439571ec1942f827eaec6cf5d63c6886f35e31be3ac39a5
font_01_sfnt_off000118bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BF 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 8cd866a131577fc17284cb2d6893939423123ff8eca9bd5950b2bcafd5827be1
font_02_sfnt_off0001317d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1317D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1