Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5a3543ba4eaec38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 09:20:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1d1c7649d38d913ce76e17e460aab7d1 SHA-1: adba613ef660e4fa74dba8f80a60d28e8309fff9 SHA-256: b5a3543ba4eaec38fbceabff677df160c66f3c5294f48dc7576794a396544c5b
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 upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://metabolizmusonline.hu/images/upload/file/dijurigavoviwapipesen.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134408da9605---rugorabeforevelakulitak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaadfwa5aftjhxrkcrg8iwc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/nuneramakip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/78444038636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/174782a1bcd283051afc80a2cd0f0c00/megerodufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14428302547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isotope3.pm-ural.com/uploads/files/52294678670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://godsownproperties.com/userfiles/file/xumaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleversystems.ru/userfiles/file/11039790096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objets.immoweiss.lu/userfiles/files/fonibulonojexunurofiloref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dfbc945edbbfab7fb858c43604f2ff7/80042219514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamay.de/userfiles/file/vefetef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/zijogomopefidebuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcyy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deramovobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianartistic.com/userfiles/file/peketomidovojaferelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021091018353062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/pufazajusufujeloparaxofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22522834713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133123835ad2---pewosijowagusobupigafage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/79261780273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonkitty.com/webroot/img/posts/files/beniwubuwilukufaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteurluc.com/userfiles/file/17142871194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzeiger.com/userfiles/file/kemekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=anwriter+text+editorPDF 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_off0000d5e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF3 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 6f0bf71d6d8f596f498e37a0769a56fa11da1177a046c5cbf4dad1b66bf9d184
font_02_sfnt_off00011c30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C30 10036 bytes
SHA-256: 921db3b12dfbf66611a65617e019fad2a7647f1f5d9103ddd409234b77aa68f7