Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5b0cd2258cfb0dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-10-08 00:16:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 434bd9534377eb7b6fec2636759632dd SHA-1: dbc7218681835c22e2ab15602358eff96ceafcb0 SHA-256: a5b0cd2258cfb0ddcd096b470c613a4defa6bdd413a83f917a6fa95f6ec49d09
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+seven+deadly+sins+s3 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k83e4co8putq4pcc7776r7254/dulugamiwuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/53748331434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linker-apps.com/files/ruxojojiluxowabukidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615a78190dc5b---rujukegobokutuwagilusewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135fa0fe5187---25912709050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615633dd782ef---fotazopagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adesso-moosburg.de/images/file/46992275038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/70638066097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61534fb550866fc2d8bbb825860c0d5a/mesemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-catamarans.de/res/wysiwyg/file/liserixupuneramalizazazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021100711380710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77419425854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16159c43b1ec20---93741099140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/45864205162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicespace.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91465066297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fipapubabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.syrahresources.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32387407507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/wojapevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/51791853678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/13947844431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345c4187bf0---97787530576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8170e1828693c448bc3f411808c6fa5/sejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fabesi.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_off0000ba5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d26f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD26F 15928 bytes
SHA-256: 07ce56b3641bfe9d737feded0e94d9b4335532bf98465f1a07ffd98a21e5a6ae
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1A 10344 bytes
SHA-256: cb416017357f50d7dddb3f2c84dd37c08c54aed4e4a9bd13f4975e55290e34a1