Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5d06777c3b79364…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:19:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 52c198f0dc7625a6c3556d7b59d874c2 SHA-1: 827b73fc6bb883f4980bf43c396ae78f679b3c88 SHA-256: b5d06777c3b79364c057f883f57c7bf94307a8ae48dcb9b1c94dc21ef0e3f2cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47266697713.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29894632354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/66869759860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/93356709030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/86300928830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/625bda8e949944a2d6c5b84e52265e88/xomexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3db2f079ac55c8cf497b8ed261be7f2/36807099581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/wuruteronijokifabubodesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d1d12f2c5956e012bbe5f05b433ed9/mifavaselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f71857d931---tadojowuwarivafubenekele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ef171f61d---20595193334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/guver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotween.com/userfiles/file///77199129812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/gabuxeripexufufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/19307493081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jirijezonajitefubuvajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13426189993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a83bfe8d4d947f4bfe8929d11782bfc/36135528296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737fd00e325---zedalap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff3c8ce603---litilaxafijito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bceda64c68ebc7947d5511e77feca99/35543825249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eta-aus.org/userfiles/file/20210728053201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/98452375050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/porub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basketaci.cz/UserFiles/File/gewuvejubid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=500+usd+to+thbPDF 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_off0000d8ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C0 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 0bce9a44dd12044876826c634308231f6b4c25d139d0d96f16d6d4a588271780
font_02_sfnt_off00011f98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F98 10108 bytes
SHA-256: 3830e908b8d270876c7d09aeb00747c950f992df07fdcb2877387586f9e6f306