Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e705afb9110f629…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5f8210af64791f4f99aa1a3b94fa5d2a SHA-1: b567dfcae924acf892195d0b6e5afd24346764d9 SHA-256: 5e705afb9110f62952bd363dda4a7541c8142388965d41207009c855cf1e0b27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+the+android+version+of+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b87c059d42ea710536f8e06c2bd334fd/96328914762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de728674bd863fba2be633491b7e6e2/16094775689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastholten.nl/userfiles/file/latemorajibedovepav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terracell.info/images/file/70179508443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140be003d54a---11139149577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingchucontrol.com/Uploadfiles/files/xumebikinuwudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/25576290696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e9db219ce1ef4bedd541704f33ba07a/95800532008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/dafevopijapofobuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/91879382382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/xeruwanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/xenokutadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/13400879513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewebenodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///linugatarexadoxajufewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91893508972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59394260225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/86758140981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofuxomaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/43973757801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/demumavolunabolibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpfish.com.taipei/archive/upload/files/fimadivi.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_off0000e9b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B6 17620 bytes
SHA-256: f9e4500a08cbf04f424548583d8d12b2c952531c909d2471b7bee36440d9d906
font_01_sfnt_off000117c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C7 10904 bytes
SHA-256: f73bf166378f1820cbbb639eca18992e73213e5ff9bc6a8d667bf7ba6f3d088d
font_02_sfnt_off00013103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13103 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1