Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e73bfa30b654e88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:02:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1a654ab8639806e39ec3421f6fdb7298 SHA-1: 2bb748564f8292dfb05ecacdc0135ede2a4afebe SHA-256: 5e73bfa30b654e88cfa7b56d13e93f689b0df43866263c66157abbbcad13bedf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/90679460379.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://newtrichur.com/userfiles/file/libadaxivatozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39024321484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrikando.com/cmsimple/images/file/jonewogufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anitt.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tasazelutawuvaluwanelosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijalegowolalamumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slmj8.com/data/userfiles/files/66052466011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-saikung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxatipunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn----htbdepbihnfb8cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafedunulasozufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4360849832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuchem.com/upload/files/20969023418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb85b9507d---tabegox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f87396741---zesedemepero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/pomedofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/11837420127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/17514014623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://someteme.com/archivos/_20210904033043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopassarotti.it/userfiles/files/2982637159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momsgardenfoods.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gamekufapototasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustycctv.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivajonibesajuzugesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/funogiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fabf95e2bf---tironuzepefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=triggertrap+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000b811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB811 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d028.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD028 10424 bytes
SHA-256: aa406495e245670c98a12f8d23e2b83366f4d0d8102157c8f93fa040c71db723
font_02_sfnt_off0000e79f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79F 16060 bytes
SHA-256: c4cefa6782845ba64a427e0f894435e388c265ff3d5d5ea7942ea0a8a78798a3