Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e405c896521c0b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-30 21:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a6f1b10bd7ae9412c48d090aa4d2974e SHA-1: 7715de3a9c864c73b4a380f0f68e5684fca6a70a SHA-256: 5e405c896521c0b120f06fc106b910385a6611baee97791c6b6b8a38132533b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also includes numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host and distribute further malicious documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5f202fb60---buposomukolikobax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/rijititijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/88406558200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/55058058136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/nixugepoforozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147338015712---95633145900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/62876400126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5771e0fecffe75846f9755dc3016a0e3/gitobokixidulepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/maromapaniravagabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/vetuxogojekujagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/29730662609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153c5c29ce4a---63652168710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazoolwddd.specialty-match.com/upload/files/90684545532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasolasia.com/image/upload/File/rapagudelamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/firomuwepusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7149b516642bc421bd031d4ad34e5744/lepirupiwopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilapasitejukoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomewatersport.nl/upload/files/nonafozexeronox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/71803106107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegobinotasenenogoforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://architektor.ru/uploads/file/69290781556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/35631973248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/121425394706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/74168735805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=lilly+singh+how+to+be+a+bawse+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_off0000b032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB032 14696 bytes
SHA-256: f2959f0a424ec5f8057498ef441d69b9bc703e4dd64ddf59500c7823aa8a8cd6
font_01_sfnt_off0000d525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD525 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 1cbca8ba4ef950ed8d3781e332b93b388a2f8047e02065d6c3aa12d94d34aa9c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1