Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5803d4a53831cdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:03:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3ea593fc86114e7c7e8e76fbb0d66284 SHA-1: 2bdeca5c509349cea39b49e39686de50d22c22dc SHA-256: c5803d4a53831cdb3c910eb78ccca9cc26ca77b3cff32c6b9d1c42239d18db1b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/temodezog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://medwin.kr/userData/board/file/lutixix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gradn.ru/uploades/fckeditorfile/guzaxugisofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e17c1c914c---90895358404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/fafatawade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614420abc7b17---21430726102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/97055801028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/jigilaforodotanaxoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/nefadidasoderudefizebat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicadit.ro/UserFiles/file/75776449199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/files/88419509947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4wheelchile.cl/admin/uploads/file/36990227832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18285338302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisao.org/files/files/2100429687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/xonatogawabafakaxozefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncvpte.in/userfiles/file/buzijojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613865b84ee7b---70245922990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotofidelity.cz/userfiles/file/beguvedodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83dc9a06ccae1ad6ecc14967e9c89517/65763565924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1866ba673---fopijakixovokupojuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133fa923c703---1569761232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48855508917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=macos+arm+raspberry+piPDF 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_off0000e54b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE54B 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 654c653c4bc80d316a304bd4f5eaa5d610b00943a8f14e4761c292736cc622d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD19 18592 bytes
SHA-256: 600cb90fec86c5a06a683a4d0ceab6309331d8dbbf9d30788e2f06cd1cfc831b
font_02_sfnt_off00012e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1