Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db5d5d20ad5b13e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 11:09:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4ae70b565c61b744c5b22750d506d5ec SHA-1: bad2655fea2bd02f29f1cc9ef761293deaf6474d SHA-256: db5d5d20ad5b13e6d05abc840ff876524ee98fd673b1fc0cbe5e95712f3ed99f
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. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to compromised upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54f24b125fd81f2042ffe5eea377c67f/davemomoxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivigoguleborirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newkontakt.ru/userfiles/images/file/samazavosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimi.sk/userfiles/file/nefavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/koleredagixudogutoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/83371692225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/vetatodabifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356cdbc700d---jelefanala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proetcontra.hu/userfiles/file/zevubupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/goxekaxivamoruzaredafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/3091968000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/vixelunevomoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.com/images/upload/File/62681702803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borogujamakodemorotemuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/wikulifopuxuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60118620343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79608806703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422691bc7da---21728235555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/fimimakadekosesis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98002916255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5fhnt5lv786pqnrlo03psbcl6/38499578916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalafiber.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zarudavulividira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianlanip.com/filespath/files/20210902134552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=abraham+lincoln+biography+in+telugu+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b2c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cad7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAD7 14396 bytes
SHA-256: 086c1987d694525133571708ff1e19a3ac0f47d4aa0af21965b67ed2ea652d58
font_02_sfnt_off0000eeaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAF 11320 bytes
SHA-256: bddb875d9eeb564bb2926a46de890f9e30b6538aaa1d422c7eb3e20db5f07c5c