Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f7194ce74ea5d2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 07:20:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3378727c5fb4e155eee33c5a163ae585 SHA-1: ba8e9dae8dca0fa92465346df525cbc6efd27a78 SHA-256: 5f7194ce74ea5d2b5c8d4e102c61629cbe27bb203365a579dd46194d75799d69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

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 http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98404756272.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/93109000986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b8c97a16a---92475417042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe29bf34b2---13681772319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/rezakapitogubekofopukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uoa909qcps7adaa0nlagi2vv22/90237337704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaika.in/images/documents/files/titebinezojol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///49908425577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d2cabf120---siwutejedukobosimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/fupabemega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/muwerizewasuzokemadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf1a1af111---lipowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22fbd2f378fa6eb7b12d597aedbf0dd/96851307069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qb4mhg7qavd8e1aj1s1bsi8l8n/69598074230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609421bfd9962---57249118717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a12e5e0f3a0373e1ab6b56e3a71d9fbd/40504180789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609119f236529---40792482749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/buraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3b99429f1---farobapuxifovaneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f24493cd61---48282584809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/mozirekanimonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zold-kommando.hu/files/sumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=ebm+n4+study+guide+downloadPDF 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_off0000b85c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB85C 16292 bytes
SHA-256: 6b7ee17346b2f8875c17f4326f0440126412702b74c5f77a78ca894edf0a9b7c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e28a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE28A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000faa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA1 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 19647eacc99668cc3ee76ad91cb04a553b9dde49be9b17186669c5df0235fe22