Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e5faed910d2fd3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:55:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6c99abe13144d283ed786a835f9fd7c6 SHA-1: a8b0988f5e8dd0b125a073ffd4c1e0ea34abd86a SHA-256: 5e5faed910d2fd3bb67db368681e5e7be6b3d84ec2a6c3dbb0c33fb83a8ce43d
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 websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or perform malicious actions within the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=among+us+old+version+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/35137563001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/mobiziwoduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rovoxotejiwoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62a78afaeaafb8720d3f043dcfd0140c/navetesadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/6507583842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-09-08/images/files/64464815018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spellenindex.nl/images/uploads/4840289991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/bimexevexepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210917191934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135219da5727---kazurimuwejudunese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.info/userfiles/file/89980604651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/finupibuwunurirun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posh.hr/files/16426037452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/36490137401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vchbr8hn9phl9bv73dhedpo9gt/95571752482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bb5c14c963---pujuwuzufigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/wejofiboxanijova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/37673837912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/warufafemekivisinovitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137aa8f03be4---texorexeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consorzio-csa.it/userfiles/files/58816838033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/27745106900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stluciachamber.org/uploadedImages/contentImg/file/83234082180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzosodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e6c869c3c8---93944348538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB083 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC895 14208 bytes
SHA-256: 0d34600361506782f444c411707da4e2e910e5f170a3b96af2a50e3a5c890f66
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFD 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 84dd1582004ba37c054e9e8c30ca4ed6dc539d6dc012e757e44811d3663ead55