Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5dc4bcba770aed6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-21 02:34:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7ad31be38260d423949c392918ce9e64 SHA-1: 0cdb5421ec0316c52cbba20070c95b66477b84e4 SHA-256: f5dc4bcba770aed6ff0b110ee01466d31aad9377b4ea8e1126a93e5ad5bfeb17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79a68a3ef277c1e9cd31c897c760d72f/38636996345.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ludbaegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/98374670545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/katosowupitogib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://towa-aaa.jp/userfiles/file/buwusarite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/70068520552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqfte040nupfmluun8lur2tg0i/xumisudififaredawubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/47753526301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/tudimosigulanogopuran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a73d9b264c---vipuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefefowaripepeberevajugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainerdhs71.com/clients/0/08/084bd9d902c6a1e3ee48703551c87841/File/59838399510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/595b9bf193622e240cbdc6cabef1c44c/36448997058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60E55E489378C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elminhaj.org/userfiles/file/xexiduleniromibiwujomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/nepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21af61ebe70ed6df81d7121feea0e4f2/294326527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/55381785922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e9e06548dae15d189bd93add6205ba3/wiwomakofewinuwadel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uceng.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/74043277270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6datl70npp4n01s69csoqrut9g/padakuromorimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/8213263441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/kegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909473b9ec0---kowamewumumikasazefumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duv43sq93640r02qhkat040ti8/rexefisazuxagijibupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/93210773360ce848ec20f0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=syllable+words+meaningPDF 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_off00010599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10599 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 811d31f85032075355c7f28b4f9568993f5918a1dcd7a83084d2753f42ec4757
font_01_sfnt_off00013357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13357 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 87479a6365e092287bfe35d3fce234ba71b918566031e2c00d924bfe625a898c
font_02_sfnt_off00014c5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C5C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1