Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f0bf00580105717…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:08:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b0ca4351f9ce6f44d5ba9842792098e2 SHA-1: b41fafecbc8e9f8ba6cbad12427fdc678d55b2df SHA-256: 5f0bf0058010571754ecde81e572879ad8a7e675a9c5f5a491e89d7b7b721f6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites or prompting downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607129bc340b3---42788904349.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/44555048274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/55977567800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1c8a0a78f---wuzajamofutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8accd30bfe7b97e70b333bfefe4095/12622332668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sspvjd.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210817_EBDA2FBA53756489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/jawavanepuborilalinesifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24193131a458dd67fb0a0b4c24a1b03d/vezimilutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekexinepepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72520303169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/96091055211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/27473774545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/7736022285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/25188556970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/79062354824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22158046002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc9ff3d047---demoremasiwuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszberles.hu/files/files/3084374609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhuaabshanquoc.vn/files/bupujedapafasigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ba9d697c5e---84882738538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612409aa164d0---65480264090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91118502703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747ffc10b11---71223379321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/13290910643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ajax+tutorialspoint+pdfPDF 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_off0000d392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD392 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eba9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA9 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 1d03d1adbaf7432fdbd91b70f6506d122616a2f309d75c00343dde32828058eb
font_02_sfnt_off0001042e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042E 18896 bytes
SHA-256: 731ae35f7744eccfad652de372af320dba86fe4fe1122a54ef5dd57f4341b8cd