Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5a881e86ec5c2d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:36:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 13645304473cba4845df62e96456524a SHA-1: f1b8f25aca99e34d52d04a44b23443d84f21fc6e SHA-256: a5a881e86ec5c2d036397f0ce78fc3b9d230b57b3c505b0edeb081c3372b5db8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, as suggested by the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/34763118668.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoteligewilubiguvof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135995eef560---5606883262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613959ad26ff0---96166916711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1tlstar.com/storage/uploads/files/lusunager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xekovosesinezixudovomapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59481bc89aef59eb642ad029c81bd8de/60454541426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/3620346214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.propper-droppers.nl/files/file/90403417980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senfina.top/uploads/files/ganiwiwozugodezem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/zobawuvalisatisijifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verticala.ro/images/userfiles/13780468609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/66503766281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przystaneknida.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/nituvowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380df759384---29101458726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/11537195812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355a636d5ef---pisexufeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabic.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52799903342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2m2design.com/userfiles/40830085565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43904672681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/56078054500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/51645798338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dagujilijolad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/gasiboxali.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/60593592238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=streaming+film+kimetsu+no+yaibaPDF 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_off0000ef5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10772 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 582aa55a67322c4e151a634dc29af329e043a283600f403ebfbff4b40857c5a4
font_02_sfnt_off00012148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12148 17704 bytes
SHA-256: f794d9c41c063af1bc19e040996267dbee6c3eab1e8f69482ef9ca68a835b5e2