Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5515076bc761d4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 03:52:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9c1ffd34c1f7ffe648ea4f438fc2984b SHA-1: 85ba95623dc0d241255bc0a15642dbb902fdfef3 SHA-256: c5515076bc761d4e5b5b7ac8977a17758d087de6f929d530449dbd60700fbc93
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious or phishing content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+download+location+play+store PDF link annotation
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djel0o38ubapb6rnvl3f9pp711/kibemudinimasazuzijusasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikomsolutions.com/admin/userfiles/file/vibawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/90439455217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauty-full.ru/uploads/files/lawuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/mularirabidiboboloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/72793603706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nidi.mk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14535505807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/rixuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwpni.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/lumugepifoxokutijivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/xobigadenojagubadevagumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equimat-cheval.fr/file/21695963446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofatenekofimeraxovedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae6bb8a6ec---ruwanefozafetizatovozane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/leverobepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fetevowezuvoroju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villamishkan.com/310renonew/front/images/files/81694272902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acdbd5d5bda098c1141ac269e1336cdf/94841891952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/94737106440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe297095f4b51692e6a06d1cd61f011/xutolonome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_1DDE2A617D8529A8.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_off0000df1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1D 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 9664b3e62243d63541ef191b194914f2eba9ab6a20c609e1da455c94bb082dab
font_01_sfnt_off00010ddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F2 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 81e0282819b18f7791cd0121e820b59bfca0e8d6403d1e37c82b0fb5be1aad70