Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5fa241d4a33d354…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:28:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c9859d7e5d6dee998dd30ec3f82db4a3 SHA-1: f4c44f54c87f25b9298ed27cbefa96bd29722938 SHA-256: e5fa241d4a33d35423f7649781886b803a6080f8b6732da19fa9fc426a245af8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating an attempt to lure users to malicious destinations. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iso+15189+quality+manual+sample PDF link annotation
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d49ce4768b30ac20acb42c74fc83535a/97209961187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cce08e91bc489a4c58457c58dc976800/83031951064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/271023032789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8126aef827663c77924601822fd9f1d1/xigokasabozidodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54959659153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----1-6cdapb2bdyqawnpcindqfc.xn--p1ai/media/file/pezewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/kugonilofigefotapafumab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupaxowedunodojozigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anquocrealty.com/uploads/image/files/24469096181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwessex.com/uploads/files/76005854498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kraftyz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30613049391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/vamedepavirefeketazina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d4f380704a22287772136380399fca/legukopiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d1fce682e9---90699761653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozozolosejarutezaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/34675167530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/vufuzunagasudorewibake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28752617137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dunitenazipapakedasebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/78246323223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/xuwukope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/sotutujuduwusafovolir.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_off00015666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15666 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 3aa3c5b686b8f29efe726cc73e6ae1b27a8317173e1977f8c80ca7914e401010
font_01_sfnt_off000170a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170A8 18672 bytes
SHA-256: 1af5c6365261b8dcc08d6b37cfd4c82f550ad2c4193094db89effe6e61ac5d45
font_02_sfnt_off0001a0f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A0F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1