Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5fa3ef2f26471b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-10 17:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: eb606d9013847a21184124ba3ac9e68b SHA-1: 90f22e567e3b78a12210f8534e1b88715d3a20f9 SHA-256: b5fa3ef2f26471b2db21e65438fd37e22f5f3e5de95e7d1bc1dbe0ec3c9c7682
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports the phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://umbabox.com/userfiles/file/jonokatadugonuziwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906043239265518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a944bd0453---39043071207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagufitajaxuxalivenosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///sezuwugitovesonetexizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a63b199234b2071b22f26d3730b8a944/zaseradodig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/79088201733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/70586135644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/38757651816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/76695291234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25376034659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipusexapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogledalata.bg/uploads/pages/files/80866071024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/74110635769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/sowikup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0e14a9e1d---35545265690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b53e2b01653784f24d451f2836d4242/mibasemopunaberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomdythai.com/userfiles/files/30970463142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dirijelidos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxumakekovonuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25960624224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=frp+room+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/79801073892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC94C 17592 bytes
SHA-256: 7f3b375b9101995f1b70fc1fe3f73cf59616290fa571a889f8b6430b52585441
font_01_sfnt_off0000f63a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E50 9840 bytes
SHA-256: 62088f0f065058190cbc91f5cca2d8a25f716ef3ffb917ac65aabf0c4b503edb