Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5146b06d4089254…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 18:43:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9e4c6d66a8a61ee57f6f98338a5f971e SHA-1: 36832773daedac07bdfd5aa66a3cdf2118d806a0 SHA-256: d5146b06d4089254e1a2a6a5ee1cc838e4837ad243acd3a967876c6310001a99
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, including a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download or interact with further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://laser123.com/geektic/files/16039339596.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137518fc7459---dadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iscyber.com/userfiles/files/42536489923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezaxexekirumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59a577242dfbcf60659c29cacd67256e/bawetojuforawijexisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuwaited.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kazitagevigopujofidif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1630668674_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/sagumalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loromokozofupabibigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/dojizadafikigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jovorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/96042202416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitekinfostructures.com/userfiles/file/zemelironeminozufufewoxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9d2c96c8a---sivenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ff6a6c3b7---woxosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/17818764878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/74430845893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejogijodane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1613c29800598d---pogaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafamupoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139968c68e70---zefavagusitojulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/dumejanajasapurudova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=animal+crossing+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off00010a31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A31 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 6254c968aef82e67f54fc03818c3c056e4b723ebc7484cda5a3b860b28c10966
font_01_sfnt_off000122e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013af4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AF4 21772 bytes
SHA-256: 4f541c248b41babe457c68729047475de35d258e1ce6adcb94eb68988b38f630