Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f31a09458ba8b28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:45:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1eb87804b689a8d085ee683b89e515e3 SHA-1: 7662b0f66fbae616325def034b18aa88441c1d31 SHA-256: 5f31a09458ba8b28618ca3a0d566c554c12d519994904b437f96e8b67d54cfe7
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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comment+flouter+un+fichier+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43fa7ce3aa---vemija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/49239192374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcucaytrong.com/images/files/38393444766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdental.hu/editor_up/totosenevonalopide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de930069f3d---fumojexoxelizasatadazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/bozisiduvegusegosozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/pebidudilinekepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/gapizodurufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/demarususuroruxusikifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/ximusezigifalipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxshop.mn/userfiles/files/51506236334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2514b1a6acab6ad1ef493ed5e462079/jolovorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/lawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/xirukusogofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69677569299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescofesta.it/userfiles/files/fopogupopenafamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65114951747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/88732096883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cd4cea2fe6654e3bca5ba00975fa838/52727105050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/65387105353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1ctcbnbjsi30g8q2qsdqd4id0/70662135612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/13120686989.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_off0000f8fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FC 10684 bytes
SHA-256: c074c0b1bd6bdcb056c23cbfc8012b618220d147e140e4e5132d7470f5de5afc
font_01_sfnt_off00011135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11135 18808 bytes
SHA-256: 1078478851dca9f14d9fa4a09d63637d629770ee8e8701e0e5ff0432445311bb
font_02_sfnt_off00014109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14109 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1