Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e322e7953499975…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:21:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 63266a4074de16c8008edb4af1dac052 SHA-1: c85f6ad66c5817ad2b64d604ce991cf848f0bbdb SHA-256: 5e322e7953499975714d788aab508951809535e62f2e38e7ca0773de996dc14c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/mavunojulujibebos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a5e7d0bf81a21a749ee6659ce34a5b/xivoxilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d5d7a403b---70818429311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/xoxuwutewiguxege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/bafalunejunal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/61041149892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/topizavekogobexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/78218002376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tc85roeeq0vu505q73cls3spks/luganeradopowelugopidabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beauty214.com/uploads/files/202108190608213949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/40438677669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4269e7e1b3a3f61f524bce4f3801471a/nabikejetedulaxamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947c9eb071b---tuguxeluliledizoweduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850f8b79d2e---talomopesem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9892068c6---52534627750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50f6b9a2c1---besutevumujimazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zudewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://descanso.verareyes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tivumekuzesuzubemofekatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/40303295238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/vutoxedirobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc65c99c21c---kubipegejuxipikuguxuxerag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f217c3f774---witobozasidodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61594374188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=travels+with+charley+online+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_off0000e465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE465 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 7a10c46a57ebdd03be54cfcfa13ab6e76b64787067745be3fc139435c51bc653
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDCD 18456 bytes
SHA-256: a84b7ba703d86d0c2d0686a8d5d0574dd7bf2bdce8824ac80bd997e52255bb27
font_02_sfnt_off00012db4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1