Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5c065b49440d4b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-02 12:31:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: cdf49db4ced5d069ae69c0aaef6837c0 SHA-1: d7d3f5e9fccd2dd6b00d9ba6ad7778175e4525cc SHA-256: f5c065b49440d4b886e0bb19db9ada8005ad25e779b3c1315480f400a579ecc9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=volume+worksheets+pdf+with+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nh67ja8b6goscfjmjjdmt80f82/devogutubififezemuvupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/11232139744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toporejafukapuxorez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddf76c3fd59---29686548202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abca946a6cb---juzamelizetozesajuwokirid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1285c0883edd1e362e0dfe05c2843fd/49468082952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/koroluduvonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e99f434aa0---72922566396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ea0b45baf---6266340329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/97159664983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncrjo2sci227ugac02j4tdhbg6/kovoteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest62.com/clients/6/66/666176aa584decdbf8d0f1e9213c5ee1/File/lajokawitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9ea7da038---sumoxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/96462746586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f38827c0c8---zejajevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/mojijudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d68aa9ed33b---navibolexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/3789288627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098dc2817002---11934610637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b73d4a1a4---pibofejidupagufigazezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/26293570050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2570eadd3---86254545456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20761059990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/42646578344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0skpjihd99rp8n0lfsbh01khg0/salenanusad.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_off0001006f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006F 11012 bytes
SHA-256: ce7411156ab60398b401d0d7222fade5d745406cdf58aad0b35c330b4a34196e
font_01_sfnt_off000119e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131FB 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 3893fd8808e1a90461b0c2538fc0aab8da99b2450141a6570139315e6b27db92