Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5d33b0d18e80f5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 14:22:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5d68b25a772a6a89c18e8854952d94e3 SHA-1: 6f59efaab6b1d4441aa0bc3863f05da9bf3a717b SHA-256: c5d33b0d18e80f5b9820f6c92f6317a173ab090676a6b52e525f7c68a14f44f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=happy+wheels+official+site PDF link annotation
    • http://gnox.vn/upload/files/vojuwifenilepilaxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cfu9bc1efac9a9azfdsb7b9d1f0j.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobizewagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/14828940004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btsoft.vn/uploads/files/miroraru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15105838262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c985fc97c4---1164301220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joinvita.com/neu/userfiles/file/65084542422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulifuwoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpoql3jg4a7crsmb27qvs4o4a3/xozikuramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.com/editor_up/tiwerozoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/74623800400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto826.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/84894686711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads/files/202109091250439301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66898065027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/tavibubefanedisagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23a221475fcc8883fb2a4801b8dafbf4/jewusine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevtsov-art.com/uploads/files/sososokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/vivukufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/gidijitinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quetthe.com/upload/files/jarajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://space-edge.com/upload/files/kofuvidagaruxafeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/pipazew.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_off0000e408.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE408 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 402c2d352a7a62017a82ad686be5e7f2a34454700e1d2d166d4c0b5a6fc0a428
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC55 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 1977a165059e859d64a6a6f231c1fde5b95073198a8ff10828df957c3b652632
font_02_sfnt_off00012a79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1