Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5fbaf2d32c3b124…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-26 09:38:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b5327c3e451973dcc947fe46beae91c4 SHA-1: 0e59b0ebe0c211bbfb98e0764a1d1a1804230992 SHA-256: d5fbaf2d32c3b1241e7505055bac8e19eccf84dc494af385dee29e43a127436f
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. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/31982397903.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcc9b36cf82---kigenokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/52320058624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d9764af556572d9d19e0ef2bd7b5cee/89206979769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7987dd6d1923bce69e703a4dc8c815ba/lotufalamigeweka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ee4508203c---sofuxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/palarup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11615352740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/liluvuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b80b0c03c2---20756640955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premsaktidal.in/userfiles/file/vonosilupavefirivovenigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/47245442081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/jakekutunowipisubomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/xebigovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/motexejovonagupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasupumugitijupasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4239d5400bc73422976172daefd8e7b/xojoxafexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrindaindia.com/php/joseph/uploads/file/20346355934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/51944603873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/968e0c2733a882668455406a435475e6/92383242881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57612224c3d8ea98f8d65a7eb7d32fd5/82261151412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasnguyenanhst.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofowufodiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/71448612483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d52056ff6---76367563748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a79f87b663---89216412380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=1972+chevelle+ss+454PDF 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_off0000e56f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56F 10224 bytes
SHA-256: c80f5036960e3740a6d3876c3fb53f91f377d9dd5b1672c8dc4950f064576fe7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC4 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 652fee64e3612a4688fe8a7daa6fb0709047054a87c5b0f7003e6baff4149420
font_02_sfnt_off000128d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1