Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df5e8baa0f29d8a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 14:44:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 28a3bae7a38731dd79115b0474bc6ab1 SHA-1: 95403842912a12bf51d27b725f62ecffc9a0923c SHA-256: df5e8baa0f29d8a069c6d31223956407eb507913b4232a655bafd0b35135f6e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=genymotion+32+bit PDF link annotation
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416618c580c---11226259906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210913/file/16315078349164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/rulipuzugemutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409ba4ed7c7---26149456540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/93037030519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/60948992232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesei.com/In PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404d2d8b9fa---65652327650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202109040232453684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingstop.com/uploads/files/gizejovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/53410020202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loscam.com/lib_common/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gejidubusegifowenuboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e013ac80eacd16981924c6417e8e1c/rimenidapotavonezerexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/98523374171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/fabixobirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents/files/17697183719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/lezipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/97800167991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nzozkrowodrza.pl/uploads/editor/file/lovijajuseruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614114d792407---11901013680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yyfxsw.com/upload/files/wixorijonuziwideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/rejupojokimuwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artc-polymers.com/upload/images/files/gitaximomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelasotenaxinagijifijux.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_off0000c05f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC05F 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 9a79a2d77f6601d1ffbf4d559fc2cb2d82001fe3293650b2270ec85ea6503593
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F6 16552 bytes
SHA-256: 90db5fad06a4f058ff9940cbb215676870107b69d88833d3493813e97f1896e5
font_02_sfnt_off000102e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1