Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5230ecc05ffcd41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 17:10:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 544a7205167df63ffd850055b52c0fd0 SHA-1: bfdbb0294d25f77abf11e72d414a4dc724da6215 SHA-256: a5230ecc05ffcd41a6249353fc54eb9347b2c9d7db5f88e118e37145506f5535
172 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 upload storage 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 delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=where+can+i+watch+the+holiday PDF link annotation
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents/files/54740012299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/dogixarovujoser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/durozivivulinamibotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/rejumefotifujepevijate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140941dd19b8---xonovomowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161361be2c86b9---selanoserabawezopilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aledrukujemy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5071543239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///zirigixavisesus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pribatu.lamilagrosaimport.com/images/files/18381261862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/66619007998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgal.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50886473878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstairan.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/15625757780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.casasemio.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxotaxinuwiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/12235088027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/66784523436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85706869761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitmexico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19666596843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/65808032732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409020e909e---80501177520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janaturismointegrato.com/uploads/file/ridovodetegozokuved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuhua.tumujike.com/assets/upload/files/202109161056362061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-21/20210921184500672653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/zenabupanirikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zajazd-broadway.pl/galeria/file/44516752346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/38095337799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukalenok.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_off0000d899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD899 10492 bytes
SHA-256: b3608fd2ef5f2a2340418acb8f49577e83f8df240c3e6cd501ddea01bf9db162
font_01_sfnt_off0000f074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF074 18064 bytes
SHA-256: c35ad99cd0ca6790e9b91a84e9f0911dd4a098f445b52cf30dc5f41a4b3e288a
font_02_sfnt_off00011f79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1