Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f6e07adeb8f2523…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c5413bc0107caebf2c6338b77830e043 SHA-1: 4d88d5d4213757517ad5adc5a12b699dbe4e59bb SHA-256: 5f6e07adeb8f25239aa4fbf078c7fd6bd8b165a914a210a0238ce6e1b8aa33ab
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including those hosted on what appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content, while the link farm aims to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqkekc0f3gm499g6bikl8bthru/gogatesupabagexadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/8521849787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210916163177880013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ccengis.be/applications/ckeditor/addons/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxulaxikukamopatan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/73165128097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mtiwelding.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konobekepuzavuxojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33358360273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/gulenulinidobapademu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b6f00245e3---29233713317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363307289af---fupimorisuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatoratosano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fca2d1dd69---mereme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85361917175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwawusexekafalidejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/61512510722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1p6n0bs7cj219ahmqv84msr6e/saxijilepavimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/wevozudawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mastirz.com/userfiles/files/besanudam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenderdiary.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetimusexikobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23882961107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/7051945612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cezartravel.hu/userfiles/file/bumobidulumotumiwunowefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letajicikoberce.cz/userfiles/file/vuradusemutapimakonuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/ralaxekinedasabapawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramkgres.ru/userfiles/file/26113502378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/dulunakigudinibavure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=nkjv+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000eebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBC 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 7eacf43829f4a0cb066cde1954d3d4def38394c9e50340d9e6bd3827aa32de3e
font_01_sfnt_off00010679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10679 20044 bytes
SHA-256: c374a4c22add89301a875809d3decee0f05487bd7a055813feb896a27ca5b35a
font_02_sfnt_off00013a42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1