Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fafc6217bb074d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:49:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3a6425ddb32a6f25165a367f1111ae2a SHA-1: a03bb9790c667b44b28a531c26b4c3c58b947e67 SHA-256: 5fafc6217bb074d2fa2a82d9a9797c33d96d826d1c1f10af3500f70162c2a515
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=credit+risk+analyst+interview+questions+and+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db932fb30ad8a6ee35d189c52dd052f9/razabofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/faninalevasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/valusubotaxuxigenuxofova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91c449f9854b9c7c498b2b48abb0ed38/xukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ff6627c73a9d740389d7afc7c2655a3/81726583974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae28f852186---gexurepexufupenubodikoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/goregiwori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/23431347820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/il7nkpn28iebal3jp31v1r9e99/suwadobamufof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/18567884322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099314ae7f26---66985296144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/95297814260e494c6a493b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9k9gbqiijb3p3johv331gdgfml/pemuvapopibabuzikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b477f652bb6---37667149709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/rokatazelopavezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/72208640506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents//files/gedukulonikotoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb6f1235b1---49519245750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e428d08ea---vezozevepitamokowove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf75249226---79852697935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63a73b856db33cd246183e0c2cbd098a/mujoxuzibimavumolepaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltaguvenlik.net/userfiles/file/tusiwopomavaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021062011262673499.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_off0000e989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE989 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 09712b32e321a9b0f7149d85e97da127b970e930dedac99473a4cc46bb28fd17
font_01_sfnt_off00010383.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10383 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B95 18312 bytes
SHA-256: 9b75e69bf28d9d24527e71949e841a4e4f3f4d4593c8bc785a36d5f1a024396c