Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5aad7579930fbeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:18:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cddec76a33682b333c370e84e8dc4937 SHA-1: f6033db56c2b4d52869caae6818d14cd614b0a4d SHA-256: d5aad7579930fbeb9bb767acf17e0e8b1a56a1911c35a66f637bcb93106324cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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://lhs75aa.org/clients/0/08/08eb77d093c5251d787cf05842b4a73c/File/vezuvut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087563fdc0db---dalifedewigijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolotuborotowepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/jebimidupawesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1njp41j6en6odb8pol9na13gu3/96691637834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846c20afc6b---raxopovasipipesugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a21900e0a---30437795273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12593472872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/56059475928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/82426536467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/tavanalexuditib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9693537080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1583ffcaa2bbf1f06bbb9a1b81439e7/pemapatelisukegemigoroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4eelkhnk8g0vbsmge8laf1jh/49239282340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/supeferegowipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13251453087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/48331490539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zagazzo.com/userfiles/file/33362692531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/602f696e2052437c03b367e5fed9d048/95943047082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daqing-jewelry.com/uploads/files/202108261153164588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63e460c950311dc32b5062809039ce15/27889528343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/mesenuzidejejimajezukoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ef19c4b62---mijolenizarujewesoxawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=science+projects+for+class+9+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_off0000c20f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC20F 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 39862151f1633272deb717f524f10e96d64f784dbc1688b6ce17cfdd8811d461
font_01_sfnt_off0000dba1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA1 16584 bytes
SHA-256: 2ecd604bc604b9e95f6cf45e3c45db64d54593c950ded5c7ff55edf7b54823dc
font_02_sfnt_off00010676.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10676 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1