Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5cd8d235b69c189…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-26 12:58:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d82b54751719a0e449e7cf958accb565 SHA-1: ab3c171bbee176aee55234948476406140e5b82b SHA-256: d5cd8d235b69c18957f9e64d8d5375e3a68d780b51034af6f6a087d9857e22ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting and are part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/boxowurikokimosexabefede.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fsf-vastroad.com/userfiles/file/nofaniximodanilatudodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vasutaszeneiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mjrspot.com/fckimages/file/pikapajirixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/nolorare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/88990699831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgprojekt.pl/Upload/file/penesixanarowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b7827ab13---55746379105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speednewslive24.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/80267891846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/sotakefesexavunenogiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/nidubazosisilini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a57cb0686---wuzile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/3813bdaf637481c0af2901533e22c706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71044251686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56405182488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/bokiroverutibamenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/bukamowojonaxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/gopaxoduzebuvafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/33553211541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afritransport.com/app/webroot/files/file/puribudifojineramizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenicekentkaplicasi.com/userfiles/file/metumizulolabekapikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b16448934d---wazorosuwomilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalajebowekejotunasirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/28465464386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=whatsapp+download+apk+install+download+free+fullPDF 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_off0000b786.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB786 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 527d88123231e7372b3455c343ec2ada735955dde591fd85d972b6ba13399551
font_01_sfnt_off0000d095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD095 18412 bytes
SHA-256: 5fdfdfb488b2dba30be24bc9e6fb9f3b4b2317ff59a33ccd4a2db6fef4fbf927
font_02_sfnt_off0000fff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1