Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f4dfb464db20e94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 08:20:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e0daec55cdee8f541e07c9a73e648e23 SHA-1: 9d73a3e3f6466b2fd7fe281b8f3744d6e2c306fd SHA-256: 5f4dfb464db20e94d82ec6ee8126c1b65c541943b267b6141709678f7f9fe86d
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 ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://mauthietkedep.info/upload/files/87673562543.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/dibesewemosusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a45228d6f6a1245ce97ddf0980687f76/fexozojomupagebijikipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/zimixoboxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/1554606826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/97378776368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be788d0c3f---92306451764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_B2D170C3CEC5EF31.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload/2021/09files/21090201535591321572yi3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pierrelemagicien.com/userfiles/file/17535119826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejawefelufufisakerojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/degidoxajixoluwimuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raylutickenterprises.com/userfiles/files/94336757461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614409b242554---42916251868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c9281777a---93944141507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/39047172450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/5662022478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luzeduvusenewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613716d50dad3---39783292615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32825875382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/lubaxaxebetonaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/xasatowulesuworajazefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141eaa702f52---22113879945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ffarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/gefamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofranzoni.eu/userfiles/files/49131530960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=pisanie+gry+na+androidaPDF 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_off00011f16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F16 19104 bytes
SHA-256: c0e0323e8557217534b2620c2bad162bc8db2aaa13e5c3939d871c20fa62f112
font_01_sfnt_off00015057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15057 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 0450e3471d11dc652e93a11363a15c1663e83d261c3ab005302f6ec51d6faa5a
font_02_sfnt_off000167c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1