Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f807577f0c2f0d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:56:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 109ebd6e03d0e9b6aec412d4b5601cb0 SHA-1: 8a4f351e8a0d6d7258e520209d5379c650db23e6 SHA-256: 5f807577f0c2f0d2fd8c888792cf1795cf727f7a5bf0afbad5c28ffc5fb5c38b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. These links are likely used to redirect the user to malicious sites for phishing or to download additional payloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210904/file/nedebuxuzin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/jelosesadezewusabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f9bd3eb66e---46241015229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/33585490369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/danivomifuwetipigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613758d685d13---ludibixuzizefejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/71092493303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/moxujuguwarojoren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/kamukofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rivod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11503645406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recviem.ru/img/upload/5088324730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fijiembajak.com/uploads/ck_uploads/files/xisujugamububevusumupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/biadhj89hlg5sj62q7ccuja75l/44306719236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/4959404525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/zolibinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31902612638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59646025183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didimilusarazazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/kusesipadidexusuzotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95955695962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/jejefivugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/1483477171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5961e0d21---vojenojogomutusuvabefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=modelo+de+mosaico+fluido+pdfPDF 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_off0000b023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB023 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c83a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC83A 10572 bytes
SHA-256: eb1a5b47e50fdce5e2ada8f53f0c2c42ef4ea6f5b792d415e438d4f756fbd1ef
font_02_sfnt_off0000e054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE054 14904 bytes
SHA-256: 5492587e51640afb5da520eede27d5684d7875d4e43ada811b8906240e71a45c