Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5a40c82fc11e465…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:07:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b1ce55f84af16a1fd9297b4d408cbb4e SHA-1: 5e266f3dd412c9e48d6688934c6dd32a3fe33491 SHA-256: f5a40c82fc11e465b1f04ef75482e84f9ae4fbde5550793fafb260603c91ce02
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 within documents. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=como+calculo+el+mtbf PDF link annotation
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607745da67d17---52911989929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/bovapazutosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd440d49e4---xegusugopowaguburofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbc014831c---22804251376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1f8187aa8---75918057450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphi.nu/userfiles/file/turajotofebikomizasove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/dekusoxabiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/12881663366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/bevirevesinawaxuguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/18238560621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/24775534565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86be978019---1665258565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fg2776stuko2f9pmff8qb49m9m/nerolitajanuwuponurinomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/bazukajurimezalawoxewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6ff7e784525e926fe14bad7e322584/fedewekotogorasugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092bae5484f0---90078154908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761825874f8bb80f29d1b0aad0ded545/jidanajodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/17053454650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3hcahfai88elpqj3i796rs2lb/zonur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090888f9c735---51455903535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdda385a9d---3292172849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51745760682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nnetworks.com/files/others/2332278833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/60752780339.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_off0000e92c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92C 18300 bytes
SHA-256: 1f196a8e2f88417204a7bbdf42b09aa759df24f9ea69d718a3a3f1dd2c01ef36
font_01_sfnt_off00011825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11825 10304 bytes
SHA-256: e756eac7c64772dc0d1157f607ad7615025bb76a36dd70b288f3c30090029c31
font_02_sfnt_off00012f78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1