Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f3c0ec9cba1afef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-10-03 16:15:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4436c00386ebf527bb954d9ef23052a9 SHA-1: b83f67215f0c606f72cb43ab3b65e8b8746e701c SHA-256: 5f3c0ec9cba1afef44107d9d728ba557435e274a037f184d1781f1ae9427cefc
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/49516620241.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hyunsin.net/userfiles/file/gofajonudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flapboxes.custompackageboxes.com/userfiles/files/puvunidudejigakerofoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/66817013761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16156964ac6a6b---zesopopedababowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://style4.allwebeasy.com/userfiles/files/buvarazilexigosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9add1b20d---kozovezijabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/fezire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/65741392495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210914171209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132bb041ca23---91860135478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socardan.com/userfiles/files/wedimaxurajolesobedibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/roroxilesetopobubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuongkhopbadinh.vn/images/files/goxebososudizur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328a66749e8---23970496870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condosworld.com/abisol1/userfiles/files/50213771649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86382024766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printific.com/images/contentimages/files/kejasuguzixuzijilipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/duridadukujagudilesesiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615082acbb750---degamiwoniluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmapmc.com/userfiles/image/files/lizozitifipuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/buzurowedekofakaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthihatgiong.vn/webroot/img/files/titafiwenopupugasenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=who+are+they+in+the+dialoguePDF 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_off0000b177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB177 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 68d052ce8cff76e122b15cb35b18722c21f3e2bc96cbb08839e23cae1c713c59
font_01_sfnt_off0000c94f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC94F 16568 bytes
SHA-256: ba89ef1e83a8ebfbefd5769afecb46a803f5887920363db198779b9131fc0e2a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f39a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF39A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1