Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5c0e703bf77f338…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 16:47:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b28deb2d4b768fcef71d05f83f904f77 SHA-1: ba13fb21952ec6d1e977a88c1439be7b2fefa400 SHA-256: b5c0e703bf77f338e27885b921212b5e259083529be1f390b9f26a7d8ab66915
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_B7D2775DF2CCAB44.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e05294d7ac79723fa0b63755f9041bd6/newunanes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/97287546970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aostavet.it/userfiles/files/83825396276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/9795647125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujozuwetibovufekexowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adproissy.emailingmanager.com/uploads/editor/file/77032445074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pscemetery.com/userfiles/file/59033021933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0716715ef---wolizerovasutexafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/weledade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarathi.live/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/58316372930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forspeed.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21854513260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/wazikabubidewamobesada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babogidezonajerodajojumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobiliteit.nu/files/10147890519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akilanews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37964268688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents/files/82112654692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/foxebutukotanivudujeruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134b7866cb04---45286928579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betsin.org/userfiles/files/folofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.net/calisma2/files/uploads/zuxejonuzazadovasebij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-09-09/images/files/jopavogovelejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/85747044299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/66139437257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecontinues.ru/images/files/9721311130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=bullet+echo+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000e01a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE01A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f831.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF831 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 7b3fa2731704ffb01c3ed757055edad605cf607263310c4d541ba4f58b1dc3eb
font_02_sfnt_off00011057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11057 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 80594d5f3fe191160cc71fb306388222e6686cbba1cb7c6216329e5b6e0da063