Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5b1253899ad26a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 13:02:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f4e8a83cf14057e98638c039719b683d SHA-1: 7c4967084956655d2670cd26c4a2de2d9edae424 SHA-256: f5b1253899ad26a8ec7afbc58cc6aa5b3179d0b7384de51e55005a0582d96ffa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://takipbizde.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zesuxejowolupulokovusuke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deleersnijder-bocaege.be/images/file/jogasufagixilurererakavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137cfa0cbc5f---96259129732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/narujaziwujawolusegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurybaths.marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/82675213961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuhuonglacquer.com/uploads/news_file/xatuluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/vadafuwavuvasus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twozonechickenlasvegas.com/uploads/files/65709163177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370ea8b7276---pakutovokefuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3912633375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/gazudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxczx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210922_004825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trouver-une-ssii.com/img/pics/files/46246600131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bcdf0f3149---35831665372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/ruxofonikiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride-on-earth.com/images/blog/file/moxumidovibapevovafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srcchaika.ru/files/uploads/files/bedemodafaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idea-web.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/64071747329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18680359502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booburger.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/xalutilobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanggroup.com/webroot/img/files/64803748872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/mijitomurutonuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/sivusir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e51b13b14e19855751d59fa9bf08dd32/52285162967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/nezuveropu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+beta+apkPDF 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_off0000ef90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF90 20588 bytes
SHA-256: 22f775105d0fd62c671a77886d6f7fe9be0ba83709ebd3c9c41959d08d912c98
font_01_sfnt_off00012567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12567 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D7E 10396 bytes
SHA-256: c0cd4c57790222f326fa82962a9c201297119e00b1b9f8736e3d46680e280f87