Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce5d016059e2e59f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:06:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0e2dfd19880a5dc7f981fb3d0fe14e19 SHA-1: b151a318c02fae85d49e061eea8585bebf1a0234 SHA-256: ce5d016059e2e59f5c74f52330a76e648725828025ba1ab2b1da21b132b23b80
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 compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external links, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing or malware delivery site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://bookblog.kr/data/file/files/rusoxiraruwemowufat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvde3hrfrekef3nsik8komoec1/wekel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210727/file/93733911202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hse.tw/upload/file/wivovenererivezuwofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19l2oqh9sqhc1ai0tj25erqn6p/nujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16o6upmu3b9alm2gua76qbr2j6/kisobijovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89cb4708f973ee2f728776b1e788ffdc/vuvitivejasogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2de729c899---soxolorave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd8260ea71d---kulakisabozewabitogakazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3l7vb3j2t28pbmvcrdbr40hqku/98817392221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwlpsalisbury.com/uploads/files/29801523416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalestetic.com/userfiles/file/86926986893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/34893876237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coniperfumes.cl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikojagema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c4fc1bd28---zesugasukavijuwuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9r8fsrmgb2ahli9hbg2te31p2g/pitusudinefetutafula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e733f6c7074d0864b9d923d185dafc7c/lanonakonulolilavelaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umbabox.com/userfiles/file/kujijumekumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/tilujufuzogugumifuzamire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/pewigapuvojaviwuputadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6a204b155---foniginomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e40g158s79af8cug3sg38ts5/29505023056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/basafesabevelanotadume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=menschen+a2.2+pdfPDF 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_off0000c3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3D8 18804 bytes
SHA-256: 28e5ffc128339668e8a12cdff857daca743d4f7a13d57dc76b44c1dd6895b5df
font_01_sfnt_off0000f49e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB5 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 583005269c893e04010c24e83e5dce412b85397930ad96fc83539b0985b3c3f0