Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5078c5ae6dda32d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:06:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: efacd5511e4fdd59a6579bab081e9ae3 SHA-1: e05a2b181f1a42b6ff1569eb0ef360c7ae509869 SHA-256: d5078c5ae6dda32d62ce132603aefbf3c5342f2fb1cbcea883690cf8b08517f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9879

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=levigatrice+per+muri+manuale PDF link annotation
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a98e14c0a0---20865216649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/32743894247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1627441572_897b99d82e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/waminivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50882173225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhe0hk2ldvc8nluat32pmpfnuv/82424820688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/ratojofexoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ead3a68dd4f7414a407cea27300301d1/jowesobufaruxikomurosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sealjet.mn/pictures/files/65894740341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78db67f2d5c8b37a90de15f2220efed6/pakomijomesebavazefuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0b0fc8b695a6fd470a517a4e7248cf8/nosetobenewiwosero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/1625357660693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870e9d6dfcb---36734137054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc4d5b89c660372f995612a128fa9b2a/rotapoxuzewamaviror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085865fdd48d---vefijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf4f5c12aa---menunasopizel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210720062832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/bulegetexamelom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2rc0hu3u79t0nb68l8ior79qj/rutinesir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/35075665327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mahnomenalumni.com/clients/879209/File/11434306909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0o7tosed0pvuulhfhm6kjm9t8/larosodoxiketow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rassadaspb.com/new/files/file/49629221532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/gegipazoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaonoithatgiahung.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/54774269629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7a542e05a---betuxelogatifip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cst.rnu.tn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31725106413.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_off00011750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11750 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 84e1a26b484979d062098c92580a5ea783e4d339dd44ba70a8a7a7b2f5166d65
font_01_sfnt_off00012f5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014771.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14771 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 2b2e63d8e60a7ddd13c73ea80f66a960e9c4df6e51c282efc40eaf26bb2c027a