Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd5db0f1d7de23fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-18 07:31:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6fae59af3a6c37624841a55ce650934b SHA-1: 1b3f60da412288da51e76d2f666c1c1278184beb SHA-256: cd5db0f1d7de23fd57363620b01e85482fce2e73f69d06c2a623914bead44a08
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and other potentially malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80077a08fc0bb55810337964d7278b44/wejebususebifijolobawenim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/70364222982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/peluvomekedokukewagorufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3daf83a40ee62017798aa28328fd0227/56517758530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/gikidusogapepav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21740739168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5502e2a8ed7d87637084517751d9a15f/dovawoxawiwagalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcp5ullkf9245cv2uc3di85pv4/wetipenaluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/rukisopozetupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429035856789464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/444c8b7b652161fd51c13e48abcfeac8/2898218198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/tujaxidolelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/lalusopalaxonalagisoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29t86b40rsu9br53gb7mr847m5/medovuvadasabolewutagugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/51804127614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm5u3gdm01hpqggjquagklgfj6/54999476969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd819b43d03---65360904999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/50324748914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wang023spa.com/userfiles/202107file/2021073010442970554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/88677733787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/93441606554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/vaxamepifopalomijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4b9d6a4ac---navofafopijebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mo7sh625st8ukdppau9k85ij3g/45881205623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturenhuman.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/miwibuwadepenepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=windows+xp+pro+keygenPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB5 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 266fe2e32f797d99e5a423de815804feae0aa2ab8b674427cb67e5c0a0bb3010
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA5 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 178fa332db555f48351265e0eaf0f1e5409c881f0857142505d726354949e23c
font_02_sfnt_off000126fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013f0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F0E 16192 bytes
SHA-256: 97e3f73a58ccdd4784c9ae1678d9f90717e6b6d0c87c36bf93adb8865ef65ebd