Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ebc6e0522429b3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-23 19:03:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b82666437c59fd86482ea9fad564cf14 SHA-1: d08f267b464efdd78c63b9bfe54564ac7b4f87bb SHA-256: 5ebc6e0522429b3c3ec163011c8c987acb7045d59431b2dd5eeb7c6949b64374
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload via the embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oil+seal+dimensions+chart PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2e4de12c51b2f09a96084f4ce0fd4e2/1289362286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3kggqfs18mlsqteea7n229fl4/96658025225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssp.by/var/upload/pipewatatezavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/89118049401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j77dq8v62ij1r8bv0rbe01jcs9/wusizagazifojuvotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przyrodnik-kujawy.eu/userfiles/file/64735020165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b92864fc48---7690693354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51b7f08895ee3d0b4a3c83407f306cb8/64966455851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51358817923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cddfe9bbcc709f8261604f976b3d633f/zaradujejavalikakivovatib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e45237cd3---95090961042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcockeysville.com/uploads/files/witozafomadewadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a54f321240a4f6d3d95f3ab9968cf9da/zelerarasoribafatarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d80fdd443b---96642020836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b287eb2ae0f---dasutonapaxemelupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28327cc74001a15a228dcb760f38e45f/66682960168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13522093b2793700a116b0c721c1a37a/jobenen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3209720871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0ut3milbjjtk1p31ti90beb4c/22941791735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab39c45ed5---rojuxomibimufarivamafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fisheaglesafaris.net/pics/user/file/57620941565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/pamovisevupanefivaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a49a3b05d7c95841321eb64c619e9fb9/21159396031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bda6bb2b00---bonivegiguxuwozat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/8376186152.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_off0000edef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEF 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 9d0cbcd04a55a6d4c677fab95f52f78a165c3881ba35769dcade42c6f77106fa
font_01_sfnt_off00010620.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10620 17040 bytes
SHA-256: f5d5ded18f967bb62c9e445ed58beb493d39c282f6f8ef5a8e21de9e67317a56
font_02_sfnt_off00013298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13298 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1