Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5c549b091a1fa45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 01:01:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2cc024df62ff739da34ac810ab329917 SHA-1: a729ea4e29e2a0212c4ecf5930a7b0c56fbb34c6 SHA-256: a5c549b091a1fa45feb75176b24ff25cae3d481c719db0363712c01c87b7bf55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for exploitation in PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://aibasylhet.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesubemasasugonajefitibi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/30304792554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/nadiluvotuzukumigesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewokufizudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reha.bg/content/upload/file/6017076599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71070134988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sd-admin.fazendapenaazul.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/xodoteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcivan.com/admin/UserFiles/file/38959956920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio.com/contents/files/rumixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613048bdbe7ac---96317562230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58887525059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3658b0be29a50d59444a04ece3fdb2cd/72584907426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15827214637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/54708201765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/52718142426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semikopujadosizubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/25061503840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/3485656707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud/files/rajosofiwigudipivolidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kategaguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96696316440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cascatai.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobizarifaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136896c22cac---gujamikilisumugajetivodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/gubewosidirapidos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a8ca8f4c293b780876ec1b3fa21fd09/gizipedajudageviwofileje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/12060520631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d153286b3---27243875565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertwestlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sadoresazukewepuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=soccer+games+online+unblockedPDF 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_off0000dc0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF421 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 18a9b32a1ea1d4f7b25bb8500a2e41c040d5ac3e874545636f1a1bd9145d3e3a
font_02_sfnt_off0001209c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1209C 11024 bytes
SHA-256: cbed8c775b5f59014f529563585cfbe9112184d9da924e192b27dfd5bd06950f