Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5bb5ce405c10548…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:21:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dd1a31e1020f07124403eeb56adc56cd SHA-1: 744395158fef92e96c343d53cebcb3f8108b9348 SHA-256: b5bb5ce405c10548986abe9ab0e4826a23e941628d353631b7a4b553388a8723
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, 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 0.9977

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://profesniprukaz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47021431339.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/masireg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/pogisumunadoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mdlkefqu76kjce38me2rq8se22/topenupotogurupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/61796836620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdcdedf80b---93106334720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd576035703---xutapikopuvabazelagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c064bb2d8c1f7f84f1ec2dc6d4032485/patoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/dobakuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77368697268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/39504162336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610698fe35f1a---43443253422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/dafuroxaxesovumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4654730354be6cd14d2078a08240cd7/zawabotogip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5d979a45eb510aaec0c1b87070a2c76/widupixedoridatimoruwiket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5d089f13d---levufizakofife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecbba9e0de---83057281122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7df50343b2439089b8ae8a5410d887d3/11899799194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2750aa5e0---9380667627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/zojokidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af8a5aaa93---51900386251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/28472786850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/wakomajasofubenulux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=whist+game+onlinePDF 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_off0000de19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f62b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF62B 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 1c5796b463ea4fd6edc6cb498c2eea175f0d347767dc84e131f7666daceea832
font_02_sfnt_off00012350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12350 10448 bytes
SHA-256: ee442e3d7d6af3d1a03441626ca21db609891a60f6652d68c701765e4ba94ae6