Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f904ad48510014d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 16:48:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 74db7f863a18ff879091440e7e19596b SHA-1: 2e9b690fca3e2c03499ab3bef2f806fd7ef26213 SHA-256: 5f904ad48510014deddd3cf5abb72907923cb6b7fa4ba578c0c933e6b2f420b1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads or redirect the user to a phishing site. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+app+store+download+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/53629212619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.og2c.com/images/file/1743021169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/riwusekogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c5a2f3bef---jaluxigupevawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anctools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabixopupeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveondealz.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/godigekalada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613122bf61847---66888291680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6806996748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/mibipidukekanazig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtquery.reitoken.org/Coaching123/images/files/80378408359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324e128ca07---sarokewuzuminurujavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/74313377632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fubekegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cannamelis.com/userfiles/file/93172205022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siltri.com/fck_upload/file/63387654297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizavesedumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wenakanilebekopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/tepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161434e4a8da28---22532996824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/walubine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resicolor.com/upload/files/32864287662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rowenesajobutileru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumoinoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faliwoxeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/masexodubunomoxobelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2cc12542d249c1467359b84adb72066/83012157546.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_off0000e06a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06A 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 59ef2d9763283a8eb2c94c89b7b0d5edbf86df53e10f8fd726ebe6e41f790af7
font_01_sfnt_off00010f3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12753 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 36f6a19e71b906a9bbcb714e3d1cca6575a986554159fb1352bf1ffe8bec4551