Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab5f22ea7961d73b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:49:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f3c355785630e9d11dbab7fc6db43c24 SHA-1: 3734188ff3deb9f8a19a2ee9ca4420bbde508617 SHA-256: ab5f22ea7961d73b32a8e8574fba2aeae164fbf1e939051321f545e46dce20a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed for specific actions, is a common vector for further exploitation within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/meluxofalenowebisumizoloj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://about-dogs.ru/upload/file/bitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/sonadedunuvesub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eenrudl1akd7eg428bedptom37/mexabizumonogivurasibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e087a196b7d---nolopabolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhhyhb.com/uploadfiles/files/48839631324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/69475065132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25779632242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uad4c92lbfbi95du9fli9ol011/28577420373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.info/files/files/42588831202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe9q04i97to2r8s6lujth4bvs/94000227505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd6bce2a86---baxalosifajerinoxurig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/99676182378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///89429074603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilusoniregopemijiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexojulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/13568556216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d65e35f33c---79141442515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kajmoqevp6li1ifsaa0pe87g3f/ginulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f13a560d27c304ba98cc27f39980af7/mudotufogiwarirotituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b4ad3b536---17698704210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a76134f0cb4---zibufediritor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/70376028642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/gagujibowawogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/jorisetigedagegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8696aca6c0---rosuteruvufilatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=poverty+in+egypt+pdfPDF 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_off00011811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11811 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13023 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 8a9d716b3e2fbf5be9f66266d727ed471c4449a306de5243fe3c5adcb1841cf3
font_02_sfnt_off000160de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160DE 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 8b5bfc06dbf4526080359df4b875aded8a8d4cda46c2cda87a437f3e707f42b8