Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5873dd4e9e27028…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:12:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1a1da0f63632f749b6a3cd53b93d6790 SHA-1: 4e1cbd89a881ca2443db1cfd5324744c13b11e10 SHA-256: b5873dd4e9e2702834d21e7dc98fdd519f472830d0450cba52c0c349f09e5657
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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://machin.kr/userData/board/file/xetam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iorc9u938kjb2jnm97s30bh6sg/vanerovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/37181238309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22715433141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/64143116211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/54243618458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/dinemakunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asztromiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurebalivumirirowepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skazka76.ru/pic/userfile/taximepojafijejiwewepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhula7laacmua374vlv0c03tq6/82648368565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mebomagavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77119495099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esofagopisa.it/userfiles/file/gozivoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warwick-ems.org/userfiles/file/rofenatezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c953346f2d---kutepogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/vopesowelurulowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/jobisifelovefekakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaruretevutuxezolaxokagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epicridesnepal.com/files/woxoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikalibaweromevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartstone.ca/userfiles/files/lipusoxesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/raxatokuwomuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://femagnet.com/upload/edu/article/file/34381909474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents/files/41505677869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/19740451666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+game+ppspPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8D8 21384 bytes
SHA-256: 0ee3aad856d5a066b77e5537651f744dd2879b85c4986dccb6ab6c9759df83db
font_01_sfnt_off000100c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C9 16204 bytes
SHA-256: c22e55149c85bc86a1323027fb7e6ccea7b7f613c8052f9a9db4aa1b968bf110
font_02_sfnt_off00011698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11698 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012eaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EAF 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 1ec7d1c782f6e8b711bf1f9069a7fc1b89bad7d319a7052285b7f973429da73c