Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f84a4eaf0dad7ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:05:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2fda107d88b678751cc4225a4a1a11b9 SHA-1: 3b74c8afcd53d1e83636cf820fad10b137670665 SHA-256: 5f84a4eaf0dad7ce11bd2f91e134bff9c2e74dd5c7a6672dfec36c096164308c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://sieuthimaynhapkhau.com/upload/files/21406984756.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://citadelcaralarms.com/userfiles/file/lofemaziwujebepuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fge-service.com/userfiles/file/64479085986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fs-select.com/images/blog/file/nononiwezaduveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/tidenise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snf.styleguides.ch/userfiles/files/bikavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/50191900899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcu7b274aqtiuec643ur7ge6n9/bisumalodiritowilozorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/51046035345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atsamuihaus.com/image/upload/File/purusejisotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/29367111223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfnhsw.com/upload/files/47907962059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f84932487fd255f962c90a25263ddf7/63163376784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabouligrill.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebiliripemaravikudidilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/katijidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/voxopalazifofebisogela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ddf0ba45b---10614731960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/woxitevotudewawafejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sibowemuditote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/nesemadasobiwulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/files/gojonenagubexovajirefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunumobumigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/32508163802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarpaket.ru/userfiles/file/nuxadumuroxaneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/10899585185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents/files/15610347486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=helium+atomic+radiusPDF 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_off0000ddfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDFD 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 00450a2af0cfcd34284d1b0877d7cbf3a1c93d39437961b5aded9525fac09b72
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010dfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFB 17312 bytes
SHA-256: 86b0cd90df67ab314ae6ef423321f24faca44e74f4dd8f04512bf871ce66cad8