Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e2203a41c107dcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 06:06:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ffcee171d469c154b34bacc59afc1108 SHA-1: 5b059bc9ba87ef478c26592042f1cda635cfc8af SHA-256: 5e2203a41c107dcbfdab296537aea2755d2ebb9687521be08603861ae68dd107
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm. Heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://intersat.lv/files/file/vonadivorivezevavotenup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/62400679158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/55548494920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadex.pl/fck/file/45555648243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebillionbottom.com/business_school/uploads/file/musapeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc5c444392---fezakegerepifuzaluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30644165582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltug84gotegnfl3823gq6gub1a/senavoxegisizufawave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136585d48f57---27439423344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202109031520313754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/4244074986136d2fe2bdad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoachattn.com/image/files/7442978132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/575e9e0ce64fd4e894c9efd1046e15b7/38279015709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4910584201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/memepaxipodilakusufipare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613416339e728---xudelarafekawukulijadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebodyclubonline.com/userfiles/file/91377196649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79nq0m0hntvlksv4m77d68e35t/toparumotugixavupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espritgt.com/userfiles/file/dolalezatefotebizolazob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusajurudakurivupugiteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/71878238080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kkagro.com/media/images/upload/file/gepamuturawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techinnsrl.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/xoruniduwokinolanep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/87044987242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=made+with+vivavideo+downloadPDF 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_off0000de6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6E 17936 bytes
SHA-256: 9766c8563e83a57e8dd340b0c425fb969f7158d28ba070300da6cb71abc2678e
font_01_sfnt_off00010d00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12517 10224 bytes
SHA-256: ff65c4dde2b9d9ef6819bcc7ff5eb91caf5c02297cbd74c04a744d140f003383