Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f9d56ba8ea3994d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:33:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 529d545ddc2f43c33eb1afca6d17fec7 SHA-1: ac595ca87ebd986edc23ca5b95f678a40e0a9e8e SHA-256: 5f9d56ba8ea3994d9898ada35cf5edc3d4fb9e158824e46baa52c3992e49fbc7
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into downloading further payloads. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/98284925648.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeeb2fc9e06aa80f1830fb366e72e016/xokukapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b8fa12451---79990503740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebus.cn/up_file/file/76954273983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab103cb9c53---dodok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/85795579734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oreopay57.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83600138588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/55502485175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dragulf.no/files/file/tadanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b3c1c7335---wekotovawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca248f35a6accdb6dd7b73020f89700c/tuwobamusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pvgb0iim3m8dg569p1mgs3s54/99136859005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advicetao.eu/pictures/file/18054856170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakurahoaanhdao.com/webroot/img/files/kesekotutajipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/boralivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afurg.com.br/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://odlingfamily.com/userfiles/file/kagarawaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highendteen.com/userfiles/files/61996387579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ebf03ro1hqtsrlefsa1u8i03/fadowikugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcdmj6t17f79kk1rrjqnnvv9qc/1489550032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb455574b1811dd116c7f50765c2a249/73665362157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27544019221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmqs8f35058rpt9n7031e64l7d/95115768462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/xobavasadizafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahasat.cz/data/file/dexisenobitufubukibafapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76174af5a1b92715bb9b53e1814c1b11/39986695771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugepoxomoxokimivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd1a765f01---4363829787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=order+and+degrees+of+irregular+adjectives+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD757 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6E 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 58427888307927757af31eb35fbbb8312b70de0b97b749871dd20fb18fae75ab
font_02_sfnt_off00010996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10996 18988 bytes
SHA-256: 0f5855fd5af66601edc30801000362ebface040aec5475aeebf75f7b81a0d0db

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