Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5e2290223cd1bd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 02:47:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f9dd3bd9fed3f0946f031eb5765035b8 SHA-1: 83978f650e95100d9755c537f577497e6491eebd SHA-256: a5e2290223cd1bd33c1bcaa052ee23fa11015b395096e4a61d48b98615d2f33a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ade8d6fe48027bef7dc3c9f711a6e5c/32995967283.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1fa3985b7---netanira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/63339096283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f0b31458e---beliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/rekux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68321325614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojepizilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/bowigidovupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47168662395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents/files/dewedudekimujupozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021991955252405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelborgodeipoeti.com/userfiles/files/87051184618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bofozajumebozebepotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/balemipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/55256400826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrfirework.com/images/file/97719568883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioferrato.it/userfiles/files/97870994793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/35834442141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4103344724be9ac5c9aad11f76d9b5f7/42568599659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/gukebobimirusamorodedavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/simeguburapofase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jigiguwutexizapeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/68894857019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+open+pdf+file+from+url+in+webview+android+programmaticallyPDF link annotation
    • http://tes-sys.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20210912/16314031369609.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_off0000d227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD227 17504 bytes
SHA-256: e5b52a5fb4db62fe3b27a69057a417a17f3e8dded5ebd5242eb0a049c71be8ec
font_01_sfnt_off0001000e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000E 11292 bytes
SHA-256: f6b54f8888cf10575398cd60645cf58f519bd6533dd1ba49c3e5ab10caecaefb
font_02_sfnt_off00011a30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1