Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5eb332aea5ac8d64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 19:25:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 45e31b1e1e220db8e14a5790fffa9653 SHA-1: 5addfa2ff4322343a6416903f905dc3d3bd3c7ba SHA-256: 5eb332aea5ac8d646330c803baf5f84013a78a78fee672e651243ef89181829d
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 upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO spam. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+carrots+need+to+grow PDF link annotation
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbfa4a71b0---6886364238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608998f3b7b68---10162109791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/51092060485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airtelco.com/data/users/_/email/files/30485721501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94771805575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gofvbq59uluki9m6vll8b9obvq/98588126674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/67586293982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69a35bc0fa24af380fc67820ab4675e0/rejaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54ae62a6f6---12530733636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcremich.lu/files/files/63034576281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/gasamufulewutovoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/22022951753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/31098586875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada52c73dd3---disozupita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/27939962507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5b033dd8f---komatoxagurikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9db652d26645939028f5e81cf9752223/78801744867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69511475203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/kezumipovejobakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skspiti.com/userfiles/files/78983111480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qu99vgnrt735ml9jtie1hrif83/linulalaluroluxedunoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b7bac21c9---girizekijilivovolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/zazumofugaraxatupow.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_off0000fbd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD6 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 6cec408ed22f081c3606df1973827f1f4e50e6171a8c5d7f8db36155b78bc653
font_01_sfnt_off00012753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12753 10588 bytes
SHA-256: e51c32ecdb80fcb35bf9fc2e0727afaf61f31ea7ccd5a68ef427d9fbc1a4ed10
font_02_sfnt_off00013f52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1