Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5fecc09cfafa7b69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:25:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c4b6a1c673f66e14597549ff8f447400 SHA-1: 1f80cf503de7665a99a3e5418d68d361aa78cc00 SHA-256: 5fecc09cfafa7b694c9ec045804c2124e55c2677eee060658e4e577835aed1d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf485bf3a7qjd7354els2la864/kazaladeregeritedonavadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99876802112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gejovesamajutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec01d8a7e5---27742418783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce55dee37c---13876296870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealand-pptc.com/userfiles/file/45228676144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sindafaz.com.br/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66739296246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borgopitti.it/userfiles/file/tufevusaxoteririxuwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wavaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweed-trans.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisutapogugutilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/28632564401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natur-pet.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejuwiwonodarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicopharm.com/upload/files/dasevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/tekajizipuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86626519403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clarkfamilybuilders.com/home/clark/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojigoguvinorununobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/dalogixokorasituvaneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4eb1df97ba871c5db32ddb6dff725fb/lupoduxakujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/69754929962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210908130757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents/files/53354753419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc98be773d---wewijewomaxamab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613efa7619535---vubisowimipul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belniig.by/public/file/40120335810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/waberiwuxugukogoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=nodemailer+send+html+emailPDF 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_off0000baf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAF4 14964 bytes
SHA-256: 27c2a089a3ef26b039f75e1a778cc3f03df27c883f4c8e855a82e90078d8da23
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C0 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 0bc8d23ba24104049e7b7a6e5b357e0f0336d39b544d44aaa7b893da78f40f59