Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5803d9377751f22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

156.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 17:14:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8c7adb358ce0a152623afc08bf460c2b SHA-1: 10fa20592cde5bf37da728a99a033688567b8b77 SHA-256: d5803d9377751f22ba1096cd2c39a8a10376fe86723749d075a9979ebf478467
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing page or download a second-stage payload. The presence of urgency lures further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9700

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ancoraeducacion.com/images/14026469768.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cc1eddc36b7461436e31df596436bf6/11403424641.pdf
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1b5d7876cff817d9abab794c746f85a/wefotafevivewidivimoxanat.pdf
    • http://rayhovietnam.vn/upload/files/kebud.pdf
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/33534481920.pdf
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3970f1a180c69ff4e90dd8406b3fd1f/besesarafipag.pdf
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv3qf9lcos9ed017r7p4o3kdl7/parejafagipet.pdf
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/zipusifipiradavugejax.pdf
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71410408522.pdf
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/40360680941.pdf
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/zabajeratuka.pdf
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53246311196.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702cbea2857---sewivolafefu.pdf
    • http://canevinclassof70.com/clients/6/6b/6b8b8ee0d314e59372afbcb75100d768/File/32701679156.pdf
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b37927726fd36fce351c73e9d397bf5/17591191481.pdf
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/51651741108.pdf
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/27543203717.pdf
    • https://hotelindigha.com/FCKeditor/file/87708495315.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3498c0133---jolutitowizux.pdf
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073621c06d31---81200589315.pdf
    • https://unibel.pl/pliki/upload/file/memoliwumovekimofegi.pdf
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/81709412776.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=taoist+tai+chi+108+moves+dvd
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001fb3e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FB3E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00021355.bin
a4065444d502961d725233dd7d741630ea879a033cad900b64236a7222e0ab21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21355 10796 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00022c5a.bin
c4598fb9cc518682d5f5960d09323dfffc1a3b42f57cea95cfdf01319696f426
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22C5A 19636 bytes