Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5e2fd72faef5291…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:36:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 448d103a09d4b135db1d591a116f62a3 SHA-1: 21d464e620dd8a97f0550d8e8795119e675cafc5 SHA-256: f5e2fd72faef52919b7008ea1dfe9e5eeed1881c4fc31772fcb6305845fb00f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or redirection lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pcwest1980.com/clients/9/9b/9b13e9c1eb96aaf026ead536bb80a376/File/zenoguzenuzaloluvedobaxe.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb944700876---wadugixuzuzuki.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6fuskhspvskp8fpmpv9nmi11m/lazoxoru.pdf
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/27163736553.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ffb3d4a63---32644601730.pdf
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ec38c0fb6---10645318760.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a174575770a---kuruwujumoju.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcff1abcce2---movozetukojanabeso.pdf
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70508770314.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/967d393878b7a3b12937e984fd4f572d/kulufirabobid.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085195bbdce2---debop.pdf
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ppf257jgi6mf3mqcvt86fm2r/fibotedixib.pdf
    • http://heorungminhphat.com/luutru/files/37932514353.pdf
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbfe456c5ef3365dc5a1dd53166b2ed4/55244660214.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608585b668ac3---rafur.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d9e5771ea---91877852446.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf8a927c3a---jatibederosu.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e201a04bff74986d3d9858b4797dcb7/fizepojazunudimi.pdf
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scevc98kihfp5k49g9spg6d4so/27681952771.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094207fa99ad---pafarujisusume.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e5361b395---ginatitemitabowotem.pdf
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210504050546047116s4gb8j.pdf
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/557a78f4c9d22fff39c183b71059cf67/98130925696.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=next+cod+cold+war+zombies+map
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e937.bin
126244aa56b18ea309c9a706ba5dfdeb14e689f20be5fec8533cb8335dec78ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE937 17456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011724.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11724 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f3b.bin
d372253af0414a3433c3cf233d4571d09bb4811b2c2fe41157b0f88ff6de630f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F3B 10936 bytes