Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5b1b9e3343ce50b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:36:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bda77765ca67127fa43efa6b00c73998 SHA-1: 6d944027ec1a106da210eb68796f81b634c0db7f SHA-256: f5b1b9e3343ce50b0b570cb4e88364f4db7a18f15fd1835880f1db271d81930d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised upload directories or link farms on disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/vekofotu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/89812377109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/zekakafunujelodalijana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/64336683043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okm35589uk6k6bkunu46gt4lqi/dirabefafenozevonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.org/userfiles/file/nuwuzigawezoxesukasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98858103671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a7404753580b4dd57306230cfbfc5a8/repikuzufezer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiroxagod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29399009985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae0qg0on7s2g90n4n71ap8b8an/damifuxedisulimeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/96996957695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/vobatuwomokabexepelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3e5ddbb4953495eefc1939013a8e6ea/tozusazekojota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a6b96b1b82a3111a9243ff03281778c/40834948134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8674245412---7651999467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/16749534952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160724ca6f18c7---57739924653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48570900002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/91906182307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89d294508a147d277d4d385a4906b025/bavononimitofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/vomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4b425de16---53597339625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/salafotara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f03d38c0bdc---sewowekiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liwalobudapibave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8b7ac8c8a3ba1118295b44159c1c29/15682708133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=democracy+defined+pdfPDF 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_off0000bf2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD742 10584 bytes
SHA-256: d7806aa7d749988b7035f22e015c1d9fdec527a32ad5db4fa6c05586608f2229
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF58 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 3dc6ea60b94d0ef9221f4e18aefb710c5eca7f75a8cf1c221c5aa586c6723155