Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f212efb2c3746fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:25:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 701f7781b93683bf80344d58d7f675f6 SHA-1: efd07637fe317c5fa5cc835043618cf3ff6749fe SHA-256: 5f212efb2c3746fc5ddcad6809c00e6b7547ed5a0bca5ddf7f05b03a44c79972
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 uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=images+of+cells+in+human+body PDF link annotation
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbd0gjvt4rpghc9p8riotdn2nr/tiful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606feaa131587---46470903954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ca25abf7638738cf02125bbb154f46/gibejugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57208537431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/898277189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/79479930695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b039f4b45db---fotimurasufujuxijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/vubavakevikesusofokojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c13bd0b378---lovinilubobexoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d1827211d1a2cd2dc47fe72490e9551/32008117809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd7229cf2dfdaf603a2d0a8bee7983d/12380644540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b8e81ca93---52361072503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevennews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52323694206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucchetta.net/userfiles/files/busasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2a9c46d5---94305422585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/kakalebujurebagekonobik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47639575962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795916453f0---jibifugerafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smirna.pl/files/file/mabesivubamivetowozunodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52784185695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/61835964777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victorybear-info.com/userfiles/files/95292878808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailygiasi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/69251311607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urj8lvmrc96okdgb309ifq31ba/59089253827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aea2e527b4d73a26290cf39f7d09438/73715590861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccjsc.com/images/uploads/files/wavexiz.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_off00010936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10936 11028 bytes
SHA-256: f62ca88bcf2320df6ea353c6750c1f24b29e2040bcca66343475c9fb1d446795
font_01_sfnt_off00012269.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12269 16848 bytes
SHA-256: f3779b06b718166b7b7805df2e0b047fc344ef08916cca373addbda62d97ddf1
font_02_sfnt_off00014dcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1