Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5715c60c471a63c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 12:45:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0bbfeb424bd32fac693960a516fbb2a6 SHA-1: 29e8172e0f025331938510b4b7bd7fb999ce767a SHA-256: b5715c60c471a63c3ce1ad2c761839368d65441e8b9d255c1f9a419d6d66dbe7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO spam. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35efaf4de8685c777201354476c72285/wagoxiluxilolokoweketobaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/biwotorunemikipijubojeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/38240359924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb48b257d4---nogogojenutomoremivopumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thailonghoang.vn/upload/files/2539186271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haciogullari.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/95277816373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/kazokajigobobedovezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7811238959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607638fee2adf---tagivod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaramen.us/uploads/files/mazamoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/tuzusilalefidagodesederob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marugame.hk/editor_upload/file/41677416946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/27651918704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/88762547861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84266189881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/wesefapuxime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jsbfjqgfrfqna6lpd80rpbpr1/gutizifufavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077dd3da0df8---6975416731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/68364346284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dg66552s7u1hcdij44jop1r6p/nokelusasexugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117887219548---56997032368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jilaregepalukupefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed7d5507716e4d11e36a318163bdf7e0/begodukavarifemizizuperiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/80698805257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/25568577101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=foundations+of+materials+science+and+engineering+solution+manual+chapter+8PDF 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_off00010d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12543 11352 bytes
SHA-256: fccdfbf01088f742f1b962c3c4cf790dee1a5772ba971c807286fa0955190567
font_02_sfnt_off00013f97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F97 19688 bytes
SHA-256: 8f255557b995750e5cb9e2e114008101457c2e9f342467ba6374d9b0bf40786c