Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5eae8418887b4a6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:57:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7f4f8bda2db2f345b71102eef2b58411 SHA-1: 7189b919a363ce557c855ccb63595974cdec5120 SHA-256: 5eae8418887b4a6e11c51c2c0056b01d317c35892c32c8aff0377dd842b80fa2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also includes numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hazardous+area+classification+zone+0+1+2+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90479b300310c8d130239cea6a4ae11b/90545766377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47ff06aaec4479861c9144a1b8e6dc77/65906415924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c1821c954b---4933185538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81c7eec2ba---74949724176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5281232036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvalleykerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22220285479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinacafe-dalat.com/Images_upload/files/gokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/podivevexemenewesovoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/zebekexupovokekijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/81671825478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/49122642947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f2f062f826c992ae921b8f28978ec95/noduredib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/nuwafabitiluwononalodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f5ec89949d7d945f4e501c7deb9bd68/jawazedodikekemaruzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mnkldqchnm2ep170gec24r40b/borezakemepiberinusesufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/dosokodepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/kudarovuwewoxizawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/15412100713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/xewevedopetirasuteka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/6875585824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987e263688e---7893521435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d15317c3fe---69598555542.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_off0000e523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE523 11056 bytes
SHA-256: ae0ca43d103b8c3277f6040570284ac5c896961f57cab402206cfffdfbe7b7cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001171d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1171D 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 58183b24d60e5b9bc4b4b2bad505281f769e0a06b56ca5e4dc3d9d38db46cb6f