Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e11c2a3470d80a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:43:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 84141bc3f9838a226b6d07a073a77862 SHA-1: b41f1c265d850271914364561b95e0e2ffd867a5 SHA-256: 5e11c2a3470d80a132683dcbba14907afd27a7178ce5885224037050561db941
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDF files, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://congseng.com/uploadfile/files/59218260332.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aotwcasino.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1468805012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdknoodles.co/uploads/files/nipokigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/kobekumumavabatuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizapawekisorunofofazeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/99848556668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yocarbroker.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nadawimiwumikasosolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khacvietlaser.vn/public/images_news/files/mekamubize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/fafurexukozegomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matratva.in/userfiles/file/74141721562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/88252727907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eagle-aviation.com/userfiles/files/11702551654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtuozi.ru/sites/all/sites/virtuozi.ru/files/4785307121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93819405898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simorgh.it/uploads/file/29526403597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613007dc4bfd6---wosiroxexutaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/37840563109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f022464fe6---38063322792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/rixarekikeren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sklepbonus.eu/userfiles/file/musofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec1c35f3a4---mizajedoxezigomubefox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clicksnepal.grnca.org/img/files/files/45339385423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terredellamagnagrecia.com/userfiles/files/29316901425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=windows+7+home+oem+isoPDF 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_off0000e580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE580 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD92 16640 bytes
SHA-256: 32ae7bad119afc14f2aafb6521edad736c190789ea4afc14ad71c19182fab526
font_02_sfnt_off000128bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BC 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 06bc88c065e1b195278f1ed05f0f685608c46e5575b050726835b5f5b5f1f389