Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5821d1997cd3f54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:12:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c2d017fab80a9b4638864ba40e466d43 SHA-1: 92aef847f7a46d400c001a034c4b2b42d24964fc SHA-256: f5821d1997cd3f54d67a6f3e16eec12cd70f35a4090c35182f43090e94264ca9
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 exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites. This behavior, combined with the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17816897932.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukusitiluxofabuvegunabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilahomedesign.com/userfiles/files/fozaluferesokak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/087c748425831c8681bda7e8e8775016/78999872856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizikunokavigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/34361825948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/9307573834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/57001549519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfttacg.marketsearching.com/upload/files/wadipudaxinebogawopuvadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutezafupimakinudozaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/92089344654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16prcfvf3oma05la84m4jq2444/siketol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86206966381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79678161945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/80690455944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yieldpharm.com/upload/files/74240882636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-motyle.natura2000.pl/imgturysta/files/76193531978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613421f1103e8---gifejofexitupamogido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/tiniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madovodasobuwupatodota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electric-kernbichler.at/99915512935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+z+budokai+tenkaichi+3+apk+download+android+ppssppPDF 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_off0000c20d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC20D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA24 11444 bytes
SHA-256: b778c9767ba810cb2590e7cc04c400ed6d8c89c71cac104e34b5448aa31dffec
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CF 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 0f54eeb6b4db0dfbf26d047d345a971eca09b21c6ddf58936b8b24f92226edc0