Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5e6785fb524528d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:55:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 03821e86b96542449cfc76f7ec6525e0 SHA-1: 18e43af4c771239a18deb212580904ba6d862786 SHA-256: c5e6785fb524528d47422c689db14fa8568c1e15c250ef7a3f42a42a73d036ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to facilitate phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=area+and+perimeter+of+triangles+worksheets+free PDF link annotation
    • http://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/wenatozibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geririma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6f0a45cff6---71079101271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da2766e60f---belez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/84821283487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210727082227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c8b91eb2a---5696939817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4cdb3899fc2b83b5d69554573e817c/poparumorudelirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa1da73bc6---38624599937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/11894323066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82381fd5d806b9f62806e7e51f6e0860/pononavimilafiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoorchids.com/image/file/gulesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b98a0a9fb311dd054cb2bc53dad9f8f4/86820080987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61ff5431c4904f60835ef0dd27b2ab68/5141741277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fa994c8f8---rokudiles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zulafademewanisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bbce751be---kubedixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/39673862365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d10d5980d96a7ca872fa601f39c813da/femelosuzuxitoxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966dacd713b---7520794786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/19408257486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35995558fd---soloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43057748704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamor.org/userfiles/file/segupugukogapenado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/192036549930.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_off0000d7b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC7 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 3d3295e82fb6d7e53fdd63523d863bf85ef818121ee698d7a858720c776d4e40
font_02_sfnt_off00010952.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10952 18572 bytes
SHA-256: a2226bd63a251cc7ee703388f721607ecd39e41fe5589dcb3eb2cc80bb270414