Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e511f4548ec5769…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:26:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 30901ae9657e77bf07bbe6cc12276f09 SHA-1: d3769642a6e01184b394ae42e0b6bbf37f312cc8 SHA-256: 5e511f4548ec576932f2463fcd42ef96b5353caa59410ff742871fc91c0d90ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or SEO poisoning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially serving to further obfuscate or facilitate the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/worogukokenadota.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/soboti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/8660934936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d49dfbc5e6---8658529660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n60ka4irpq99li47jpduss96dt/robowojukawoxevidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanstime.com/userData/board/file/fukofaxunona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhhangvien.com/upload/files/jojowalekizekupavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe7fc6caecd---pitawiwogapijapibevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13933c1dbd47ad1531aad183cfc740e6/33258575887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210719112449888767261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/15517962380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c1d60781689e038791fdddd53483b3/80373722094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/17884846681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fk-fudosan.net/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/11558973808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d30daaeedf---81747007531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28114968060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26998db22fbb1675378d8f9376686558/9341730670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610261200fc2e---vatenupesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4iptq8j3d6mvhak9ugimoaenm5/xenupubogemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d3c441a92---mefizewofisugenigisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de9cb08e65e---laxulaxedigazebukotape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/18922873410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psn-monolit.ru/img_file/files/punevomopagivopatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607140849b056---1967700558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=continents+and+oceans+worksheet+first+gradePDF 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_off0000e3fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3FD 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 9bd15273e2e65e31cb7af446af8616da8776230f6c8f573f65759158745ee3c3
font_01_sfnt_off000110cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CB 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 12ab167cc0bf78a12ad18201db69e88ee97d80b84bb9c90a6606d22898b928a3
font_02_sfnt_off000129fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1