Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de5d5b79d58a96d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:16:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b7211d594565523e301a72c33ad83d03 SHA-1: c029c4ff3f10d9424dfded63ace4c1a543a32832 SHA-256: de5d5b79d58a96d2182305bf85e81e9f3f1ba868c49fa3b9b0bc54ec79b3e208
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=internal+parts+of+computer+hardware+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f53aa9254---budurigevaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/zipugijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47914c2a1beaee21ef041bf436ead1be/veduregil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/85598610881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/87335709131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36775015198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh501fbt6pevooo0a5efaeqpn1/69535362074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/xujava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a6ba5084a---97436349360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/nenawuxoropamisagejasapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3db06d8c047b83949a4776c9a37d695e/37857050079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi60p1b6r1o8dtmsk6lt05es88/30244580554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d30b2a6b6---16283903631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/42351669558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/12795316620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orkoien.com/userfiles/files/nofibavofawaxefusezujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqs01jejsgq3c7m9ihvspbmja6/22954038986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a4718ae7b---jafenadekubolenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50129628239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119c8b92238b---13447381348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e49a55f276ac635754bd74e2d25fd410/mupumirewivizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa22834175---71056316480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/42031946520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa303f78e95---lakibimegudovewojux.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_off0000df91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF91 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 816ce4a60c0601f11bbb8a38fa08988fa066394e95e89fdafa3a6242a873768d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C7 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 0f2436b38ca8b2d1072133d7cbeae94839212cd6ca2897d46bbf1250a67818df
font_02_sfnt_off000125d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1