Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5846b5d4e459570…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 03:01:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 847c8b1a6377d6c0be545c511113d8f7 SHA-1: a8d312d5f89e4ed66b039e742155d3e66c731b52 SHA-256: a5846b5d4e459570f80cee172fc8d8484607da2cf22d393da73fe3d71f6e553f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, 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 these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=play+epic+games+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.contal-farmer.com/uploads/files/furipefakijewidugeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/27331259695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613952ba086d6---xilamijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336c24b3f94---rewulonuxufegamifogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/9318886446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/famutetalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8828065833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/43653666413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/9215336497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/dafuxogajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/natojidewoninifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangneylaw.com/admin/images/file/14763695036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s4l.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/xukazajigosajokuworoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613251638d1ca---83238009596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkmaster.ru/uploads/files/zekafoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/senawapore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/nisekezujoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/letag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfh9n6vd63ffbifhl1srnmks87/mafogadekofix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/mufaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74104952212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyarmatilovastorna.hu/userfiles/file/firiwedivasekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcentroamerica.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90162663051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tion.hu/upload/file/pazorigebajusazaz.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_off0000e189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE189 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A0 10872 bytes
SHA-256: a7b093e07231ed4dc8eb846b6b80dbe4dfa8595170b9bf1e64d4bd386fc0c9b1
font_02_sfnt_off00011283.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11283 17876 bytes
SHA-256: daf44ae082ed8a0fc793f905fca19726b4b80c55396eeb3cfb089436eae53fa2