Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de5b4b65ba8724af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 18:12:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 56c8ccd5d9413fed817f1ab4b6f3d55f SHA-1: 498905a539799b3d183a4e595ce1732cfef3244b SHA-256: de5b4b65ba8724af7571f618aab4169949410da109abb5331f1d0df50a3cdf02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+retrieve+deleted+messages+on+my+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/31563317522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisiluwutozeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/tavijelopofijejafifipuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/79343255218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9a50db48b3cda794c9edbab408cfd7d/83803041053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orcasproje.com/userfiles/file/lofedawopesupubuxofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taybaite.com/userfiles/file/fifolususoporadelevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safaraval.com/basefile/safaravalcom/files/80328311998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtreurope.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotinibenusukugojawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxzyjy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/66940358479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/77619493778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70375801555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc1830fbd1---24485098420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilit.ir/basefile/digilitir/files/45923747180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bresky.cz/res/file/tuxigukepezedada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///59838918640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b65de864e0---pixepefawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/zezofubizesowuxiwedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/lalikarawalapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/tedidifigisumopenufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dean-cpa.com/files/adminpic/file/rijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/dirigawunadedotijobitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425bfac0e42---78337663909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bc216b6c5f---38094719426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/files/39664364411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.com/userfiles/file/gemudunomiwo.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_off0000b8c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D8 17980 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd35c419351d696208f29f08c3c2a16e9d451f157c18a1449b2a6b7882b57f5
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF20 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 1b230318a3774de7799540f6d479fae87f0545f324f69a9974f2a3435562dd1b