Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f8ad26261ef0184…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:24:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: de700089ba1a209e7eb39c9b0dedb1b9 SHA-1: 0a2b540c9cdae1e67798838bfddff65acb08e3a5 SHA-256: 5f8ad26261ef01847303624d6ddb108026358c94c9981937c17e97d41820458e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further payloads. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kirito+strongest+sword PDF link annotation
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/92044961010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/jiwutog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derya.afmiletisimajansi.info/resimler/files/77089852793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phulieumaymacbaoco.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/lokajapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ego-sofa.tw/uploads/files/202109170636223908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ebc3a8dc5---befagebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/sixeliramexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614216b59bc88---girugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/22704031453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/netogidarafopikofowikoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fvjgd58pihvivd1ndiiuhbrn4/22134337878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveondealz.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/jawifasuwifigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambcavallon.eu/userfiles/files/43747483575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394292c5548---dezukubevipogukezaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pure-chiral.com/upload/files/4443808541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/83592261199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/rebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/57940556134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d3172c0a18083bf107200baa7b8b370/12361138692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28655072636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/84939878395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ce2d6b150f53c8244a60b820cd420c9/1455712185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ/file/21475454084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fcf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF4 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 64dea81509a7279b0f9761dcf3806994e289d025831ed04d3cc586e800d9dff3
font_01_sfnt_off0001141b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1141B 18316 bytes
SHA-256: fd8ad46fc87fc36d35e6abd1fff6f93adba68c9c1768c021a7ec1e0d3c5bb272
font_02_sfnt_off00014404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14404 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1