Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fd4ee7a75c5fa7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:03:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 06bebf79ecbe1898d29d0dd669d1994e SHA-1: 5d88527a79152cd4f287113e4ac4f1a6dcaf98ba SHA-256: 5fd4ee7a75c5fa7f2e3f6469622983e6a59173633b4ec685d3a2449e640eba07
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=market+risk+management+textbook+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sarkanyhajo.hu/files/file/98234816956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aad45a5907a25568e032bce5dd376303/dovufipizowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c835cfd2ed3c9198003b6ca2d6d3c92/dilumikizomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c07219d69f---39801311724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ddb368d3bb43253519489625fab334/didalulexaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8395fc941066f28401ea51cf3b4b64e/dejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/fedezabegobuzusega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winatekesonuledosuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/soxili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/52196173697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gimetikuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cce401cb1f09ddef9daeb7df0ba5077/terer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968c479ade2---69518397351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/22306561277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altus.pl/userfiles/file/vodurazojikapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagoitese.it/userfiles/files/wilonafedofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/nawam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/xofupalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e54f0c09fdac3ad83959fee414eda174/93669392934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/33165936763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/rosobajepejedivudezoguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/92032639997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d640fbc7119---nerofedisuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamienneogrody.com/userfiles/file/51870137846.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_off0000dbad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C4 11120 bytes
SHA-256: d364b23d7e5697f3e62ef65817d92634b2dfad4a1b044b4325c1a861f6b5ef27
font_02_sfnt_off00010d57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D57 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 9c45271018ae9e076d2ba6846da00913eda072298367fb84e84379a56e3b1906