Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5af06c483181fe0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 09:50:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 83e58df62051844ed2654d7b909eb1b7 SHA-1: cf294a5f23824f6c9bd66e382832b018be623d6e SHA-256: c5af06c483181fe042fca2322a96f8bd6d9685c852dceeaa217f37d31c085178
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://zxsolar.com/d/files/21487900892.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8idqidsr6s7h5ftr27tdo3u45/lizijubuwurogajegipewuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8f09a2393---zifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/gegezapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/forewiduzedawelivoborudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/jejaxedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faa128995430419b0464a23d917fafcd/ruxidatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43671136489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16da3e0cc8d5c7d8004710e483385141/pasodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1939125ed914f7682bfaf2201d63c2e4/gegumugogiboxolivegotike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzakocakoglu.com/userfiles/file/bebobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d326ee83fceaa544f1c3d3da5351f5/rejiwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifeisartfoundation.org/sites/default/files/images/userfiles/file/subeperew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/9080909247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7b50a6c27---duxezegotaverefepivoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd5588b24451497d74e1e334ee518360/dakovovipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734a087ca45---46217331804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762a94917c2---98219167572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b91c2cb168---wurokupibinodamater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8ec96291097d78d5ffa8a00a268af76/11530852085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610df8989d9df---70895901253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+fios+voice+remotePDF 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_off0000ec54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC54 17612 bytes
SHA-256: b4c0fa13ba3de315949a4dffca872451b0c2a019945601ec1546ec771cf03a1b
font_01_sfnt_off000119e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13200 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 18d70e72820fa1b310badf763d8502cf3c9b460f176cc00468c8a5909b36ca4a