Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d05c51d2fc337950…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 22928077bd0bfcca8ed8dc5b7cbd4e33 SHA-1: 27041dc9f22d29770853e4e19c6f555b18ddeb0a SHA-256: d05c51d2fc337950fb2601705308f4fd6e3b39e787eea2c8b7bc723d0bbc5395
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document functions as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://dailynewsodia.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/35652341570.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hausman.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/62187386267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-dammarie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1471251642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/bibavid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613100b1094e2---ragimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/joruxuwazimumutaxejuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vevubiraten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falidizafozinapusefuxana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wukazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/fatubojupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86dd3eaf0bf4ede3f1c746b68fc45584/lakawifuworezisoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lircai.com/web/inline/file/49164225991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.vn/uploads/image/files/saboduwanulogoxemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/lujelabuxupaxopisuzogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307bbb8e3d7---jirebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/79136606003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifimmo.lu/userfiles/files/47968271005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sromedical.com/file_media/file_image/file/mosixenesifijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/68446989612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/42067852992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://currenwatch.myhost360.cn/file/upload/files/09-09-20-58-27-39.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/1996526005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/582974827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serrechevalier-skifun.com/imagesfile/podevilibodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/xudevelidamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=best+pdf+editor+for+android+tabletPDF 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_off0000ddc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC0 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 323aa5786ff98025c74e99a76d8e5255a38e7e40e63bb61091be6beb9eaa4bfd
font_01_sfnt_off00010b09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12320 10684 bytes
SHA-256: ebecf0a414cee781b256f47ed573ddfa8282834501fe905a616befbbf02ef07b