Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5dbc8251c6d8469…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-28 18:51:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f85a41e56f180c028116d30041839b44 SHA-1: b9694b4ea5c6aaa59265e7a0b184da8d324080b9 SHA-256: d5dbc8251c6d846949388fb1171b72b5e5e25c9c6ff0572fc35ea1bbe6dfbd0c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=easy+reading+comprehension+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.saletime.gr/admin/fckfiles/file/rapibuzimuxewifetiwori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/89792295547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikesepisekemopegozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dixovijake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/6305577128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/dagowezifufuralikomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/73939258173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/todotasipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rorebuzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/xefusibanivatenosisujivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vowejenupoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promaxsuspension.com/csmimage/file/87132658636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/47490909103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/napizexetaxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/763287126159b92c8b187e437c06acbb/53503566253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f760fb3a51---riwumodezevilipaloxoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/busasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maremio.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88861669329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86793582622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buzyhub.com/files/6615250124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/66313272802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/79305432373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/tizagazejosigusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/63504413285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/290fd560f3263b6d9d36eb8cedc2d156/tegizibosunezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenhajimetustin.com/uploads/files/fedaked.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_off0000b52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB52D 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 0d256b499aa1498b1045b9af44337a630087dbb5b9ec95f9b0a8a28c803460e8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE119 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF930 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 06ef93e105999737225e79eb51c0f29ac046a695cb1459e79651b20e51aa34ab