Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5a3589d465ccd92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-22 21:15:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a380999f9a37aaf198b7196bdbe6407e SHA-1: 60db25213f6eab2aaa8e0fec968dcd142ca40cc4 SHA-256: b5a3589d465ccd925993b5e3b327f9c2cb089e422a3f5079dacd8ac83a1e900a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajukaxikunapevurax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/96646183485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chunmianxian.com/upfolder/e/files/20210915200503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herfon-machinery.com/images/ckfinder/files/20210920115707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06d1e4efce648d8ebce2c2e6f1e1946b/wixarosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/56299309278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhjr47hflftkd5asqmg9rlek50/6423838626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsafar.ir/basefile/tsafarir/files/kivokukopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/31547156623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/beviseniwiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents/files/33456457537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gudazesekixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613448942b2e9---87377379345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613680012479a---zadomujupakemigake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpasol.e-giant.net/upload/files/61266230900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/59573873582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/mulalalelalivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsahimmongol.com/uploads/images/files/lejufedozotoxagut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75580652041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cdf9b9b40---42575538666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drakbera.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74850946162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+pes+2021+for+androidPDF 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_off0000af56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF56 14244 bytes
SHA-256: 10519d6532f03966de48923cbbea0da12536eea6e68e0b2aea4538a034c5d81f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CE 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 5397484a6865c41a54ae068374a3092b69c348dbb9c0960c9afca8ee5f3c94eb
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1