Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 710d5b58b479021f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 05c461e77c4e9ab1269da00570d6c2a2 SHA-1: 889c9a6f293b21c4a6a413fe26e4f7ea57e0d6bc SHA-256: 710d5b58b479021f4f05e2ffb5c2adae6b4579a1640ce077d2e56d9dae03abf7
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=micro+lesson+plan+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66686735930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/70152649907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/6045_20210604115819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079188aade8c---95339843067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/verawazejotifupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/gulufibonololixivoronop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/14641915450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/71227621517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706fa582f04---31777121603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf9ab39dd22e3da87d4cdd2df942a894/mineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7f1a1cf86282a1a100e16b6207c7f89/92989137420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejujilejaregazogasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0648878cf---demegonawupuxinumagepumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6d63819a0ffce0835c8b20c56f3a781/konazojezufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b508ddf881---turokopixujeruropedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsstore.mx/ckeditor/ckfinder/archivossubidos/files/wewivozibeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxifajipamobekexafimivab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609879953c16f---pasixunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/rowuzinugogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0287d7313ce1e4e91982c18f5928b764/tetaset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/lupamufelunavuted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f5350d45a---tuwedererapokiguvifimepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytokin.ca/upload/editor/file/44638808805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/kigedo.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_off0000e6c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C5 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 10fcbd37eca2dc5018e4331af840d1eec2e88ddf894af6235b34bdc4d08615a0
font_01_sfnt_off00011546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11546 10596 bytes
SHA-256: b1f9b63751a7b500d7629feaafd82a2d9740216151db3830649ceea4ac0462b7
font_02_sfnt_off00012d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1