Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5e8227ed307bab5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:21:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ec5ccf2e0831b4163c55376aa361a22f SHA-1: 223b4b76204eb9388f828ee7188f5e2149dec9d1 SHA-256: d5e8227ed307bab5e469c974196d65ab9c1cf43b4c7b49a27403dab3dd9d43a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code or redirect users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to potentially compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48921ed85802936084f987b0cd4a0182/25352487488.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/kizujavarusemuwekafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titusauto.hu/kepek/file/sepova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc5baba56d630546a5a78ee3ba994c04/29454213775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59b6dee1a2---wabagivoboxenolozuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iftqpqflebveil0jurcdjs504s/nodejaronerudezujobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/mopanubidin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/xuwopovisebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c7ca421ed---dudave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062604315537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/069ef8c18dc185684f5a62b83163c7df/25583961950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hogbjbdbgm7lso78eqnqjj4sd7/moteloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/lebosimobapedibusunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/66563017965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/89719908734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/dutifuxugizasetoxoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/17227131799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210806200756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1869d1eab9346129d4a771c299923580/vaferuwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde2768908f---nexomoxalisozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/48697079280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/fenobasalawasogibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sports+city+football+pitchesPDF 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_off0000b8ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0C4 10800 bytes
SHA-256: e99ac02f9ebfe2c026993e76a3ed9db9916cb279d80395d0110c2ccd9ba61f83
font_02_sfnt_off0000e98f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98F 14528 bytes
SHA-256: 8e99a4279efee4d1f841e3fd9324b0a2dd414b9dafd3cffe18d49c36b36caec4