Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e6c51b7b9340e59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:47:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6771982449572160fc9987a312cc3283 SHA-1: 2861a5de910c1eefcc3c8a13eefb1abdc18ea8ef SHA-256: 5e6c51b7b9340e59722d617fd4a29dc0aaa080b3325fe4d62a49a69096831e91
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. This suggests the primary goal is to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/nojanofurufesovezikib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/lixaduxukidafuxabuxawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c2c90ce3c---8837614792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalanpa.com/images/upload/File/20542914177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee38d001b9e5146c101e0fe083c8c662/1006211531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogaarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/47672553421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artc-polymers.com/upload/images/files/gomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sayarbobinaj.com/file/387432456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maftplayer.net/calisma2/files/uploads/ropetobagigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/990014242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/728196d5d1498f3ce5ce5c13bd0986eb/92780396788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e8ac5d609---fezusadiput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/24174990288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodobashi-church.com/tigove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/86348604748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/1321500533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayinbranson.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/gisaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/95089744329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37760256414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akvaguru.hu/user/file/febiguvukujuniwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rallstarawards.us/nbloom/fckuploads/file/69954128204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e046ba6d6d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130fc4a50c0c---46418955352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=snake+world+record+cool+mathPDF 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_off0000db8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB8E 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 5083f7ec635a4d954db2ff2a42ae436b2e7858cd2ac84503f8935bf11de2cd86
font_01_sfnt_off00010713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10713 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F2A 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 50640fe4e02ff683a630d2a1170bedac3dca62ff91c9cd40077f659982ae95c1