Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e2b8db681dc63e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 07:12:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 60118afa4b349ad89b7e01deb2dfcbbd SHA-1: ced632afb34a602404e1e05905590b5e2cfe3b72 SHA-256: 5e2b8db681dc63e0b95352c3edfd10cd52d9abebaaa6f79691db4d778939740f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are structured as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161040c1478383---11403061725.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/wabijixusafimebudoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimijobokifupawarixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d23dea355af70b74dd2c4b855dbed76/mubegonufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a43a79530d---godolawuralulikovegijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/16938037023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad36c4b0b51d7a8af268aa37d124028a/59133196556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb4d2059ef3c18b3f446b988be317ab4/82237767534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/vetebukunipuxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704fc5ca328---23912933448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67r6h6ec6fo0he58sprot33sma/78657831322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bt51q100l9e3f3cjv043p8ch3/dibipikinarosomaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210531134548_pft8ij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/zekipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46a0c33bbc9a6603f6f91fc150ec2229/17320774646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/45643277048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9p4dcoq1jgv1pkf74l8cekqv3/23520054939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/zizajawuboxozubeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmsptv74nuti96hr2cegqj86cu/xorugujosimugoxeganisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/lasezesopofanuwatavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aan9csggj9nh9kps1c233l6rdu/60811845651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22069530278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b04991fe9---17438990439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghpoa7jv0is4u1mj8pveunea2d/noxasokaxokonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/lukaxojavavipomowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+weapon+shops+of+isher+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C2 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 126f7a875fdafe92a0dde537e165a3b62a5fb6ac6447941624a8a7a7985a236e
font_01_sfnt_off000123c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C3 10500 bytes
SHA-256: c432502eb508670035046c5bf940f352b251ab25e2d95d446be9c7fd3c33e6a0
font_02_sfnt_off00013b9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B9D 2276 bytes
SHA-256: de24db1b12f5a9a2473355e79b63cdfc0f72eb24e248463625d0765d4115b3f5
font_03_sfnt_off000145cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1