Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5e0e0c2aee865f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 01:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ea4a2b8b712be325ebf065b7ed3c631d SHA-1: cd19e8d10f9e9188ccc7263595073f59aa893b51 SHA-256: b5e0e0c2aee865f2fd491c428ca1b54b8d833d4b08ad8424f5f35e0d5cf5e057
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 CMS upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking links that may lead to further malicious content or downloads. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a phishing or redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/68489091816.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://benrassam.com/uploads/files/23667458224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/880e3ae618ae7ff55e96ad7128e4f3aa/67878711777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gerastar.com/userfiles/file/36394063313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/ligutabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/jodowazebufajegufikuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210615_144704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/dawareja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/renofijujavukisoxufakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/16475640351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/betewonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/jurigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096812e097c5---21653741928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/94244922283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/nunofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd3535af3d75cebe1906f16e2ef4c585/toremov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54c18d2f18---38554163278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210708114517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hj296dgaucctl7lghpqrt3ueu5/zapalorowirexaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio6deenero.com/uploaded/files/kiwativag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8be5411f9a56787051ccd15a545f3583/lovupogugugepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2vfqrmbdom47jcmqke4f6fj6t/24255555367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///82906547019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859c55d6057---kujisavozowugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ebf2692796b90b572e392d6bc8e35e1/zalitawobonulefoxarurewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0e04cc690---17858819107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/390069c046f9a8dc232cc76931503001/botirupade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+aaa+phone+numberPDF 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_off0000c6b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6B1 10704 bytes
SHA-256: c93b5c5e97326216a14144c463cdf9ae8795d9a5fb3fec4ff3232ba7239864ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000dedf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDF 16164 bytes
SHA-256: 5a932858eb98e3b232e7edf7a0155cb9b454f32e33f91e9aaf4c9c4b17ce43ea
font_02_sfnt_off00010893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10893 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1