Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5b86221cf0d581a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-10-04 23:06:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 49aee135743eec251344f0eb087bcef4 SHA-1: 117653b17539ecc0b8f05efb2d5468ea6ad5d73c SHA-256: d5b86221cf0d581a2cecc2923299b5431636b54fd3982374d83e543fd6747268
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or engage in SEO manipulation. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious actions or redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dog+front+paw+bent PDF link annotation
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/55946451959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowmangocafe.com/userfiles/file/xerutozutanokusajifelole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25be5b9fac618051124b1c3d4d20b890/31471516915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/34915804559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/jejiwaxefimiwoxifanumaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/fidipovixenotawefaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/vamawudosore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriolefashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejaluruvoronelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/33979781912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents/files/15957193988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/81878859505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615af8e4a139b---71708669165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47397323238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazudigosexodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12926251688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/pirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siahotel.com/userfiles/files/xesaviges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/13322322560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7e1ea2589d503a18595d87fabe05d8/86160618041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58504200840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411774df967---60440320454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/tikowivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minjar.mebel18.com/uploads/files/93003506084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210906153827442337ygeg4x.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_off000111a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000129b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B3 18876 bytes
SHA-256: cc83c635508cf01b515a0927a327ac11d99291d69d1ae002646b937642eeb776
font_02_sfnt_off00015931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15931 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 49d32af6d7adf67fd87d34aeb9dc94d08c0392725ac92b68eb99e15cd3f78fb1