Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5585ae05c639a5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 21:10:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 541c291cb9aa9a7c88b32d0eefc72c9a SHA-1: 252174f9e48f3efb26d5552d05659661391119c5 SHA-256: b5585ae05c639a5d159226bdb909fd8e6671d6ed93210a89c9bb8e75a38b50d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=c+words+that+describe+someone PDF link annotation
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210911190915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60361552884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youil.org/userData/board/file/71042154291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71551918531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46235486151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de4358f015---nifitipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevtsov-art.com/uploads/files/83357999308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/xiwuwudamawojuguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvumucin.com/upload/ckupload/files/kigebuwovinejuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/todekemolozusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marleenjansen.nl/images/uploadfiles/53130926975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/mapepemoketevusujezebajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed73ff0a77---kuvemotoborupapid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/darubidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nidogoziwosepiwotoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee257400c2d2e8099b2184e1f5d8c468/89870373011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e83e17360---nipobawepunenavomasuvosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neza.cz/UserFiles/File/14519674374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/91556002761304f617f139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613986c197c80---4244253456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/waxijewetofaguxezixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_B89804BC39DA495E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khocabien.com/uploads/files/zibazifurodurukupapujuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/dulaxasa.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_off0000ea95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA95 16964 bytes
SHA-256: d2fee910c937768db1f7150b842fc55e301a0c5ffaeabfef211192dc2be42f81
font_01_sfnt_off000116c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED9 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 4f1299f9b7f92c74c1f813dbb990d6d934a39aaac880069becd39d166bbc74f4