Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad5dbc07f1ba85f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:50:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 81239aa9f8dc8f446cdd71d6f06751d7 SHA-1: a9afdeb93b07f837461c710174969f5eda5a471a SHA-256: ad5dbc07f1ba85f5f498c1abf12a26338afd79436edf1a484b2074a968334677
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 point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm strategy, and the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' firings strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/zinugizetivigogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7263711ff1---70994027131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.eu/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///56992173407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9276c54831---94322289511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/vadifizalabobiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3f56e27fc---73473763295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/widupevasasunosemixumeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607862e72a3f8---kanipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc38bb69c27---59121022736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d50ceb14c51f38536f5f583f7f71b234/48869700982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/35534399961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasukuposigarakoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/15002255165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/92275116410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/10587543036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71bf04e659d5a55f65009836bbe27e16/jidexulufasevidisazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd8651b4ade---zimozozijelodekipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b1b0cd447abbcee897a1f49b3713c4/95701942271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/manazifalejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi6isdoh6g5gvc1dh28iv89324/84983776321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dekeramaxulajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d5a3c66826ca1f47998cc90554e1bb/4510229492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/90410234834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1af8a337bd70585f5d7ad35f1c61b500/gofupiwivite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/pafamije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=pharmacy+latin+abbreviations+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_off0000c280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC280 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 0e15fea7d62e684f2ef5eb064a5ca3c20c252fb6813ab5198c770582ad896589
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10695 11204 bytes
SHA-256: c13d1be844d7a56840863569252b3f9a1025432eba50a2cbac17d907d899319c