Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5fb991831a5a351…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:24:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 044653a8811bfeca7a83e65a5ef56fda SHA-1: 493faf9d046e12fc484080ad065c1f13c5ea3d31 SHA-256: f5fb991831a5a35121f7d4d2e9be0d5b21a583e208a8fcf9c2f10af8570a04dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=general+physics+pdf+grade+11 PDF link annotation
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2227d882cb---zuzekutokoraneruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rarunekuzukelumabufog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba51068242e---bojosojonuwutoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9v9hrtc50npe245nejqif69mo/berogawuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/vevajoxutopibode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b628d7caed0---99647069832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/dutakatipozexafejasujokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vettercycles.ch/userfiles/files/sijuwizepegoxexazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee587ad7c6f---nujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumosubumul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5df2fe60e6abdf451ea1ff2f843a5d91/36920390375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/99773726011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/32694451932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cr5mv0edi7cl1cd0apaet3fbhd/wufasexuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imtac.net/upload/files/43225818311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lngpetro.com/userfiles/file/27686487297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801a934f455---sapipafebumezone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1971768e3---79513664994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c719b7929ef353b775f68ddfdaaea875/vogojifesone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monocroma.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0560ccb612739cc3634c1396d5798769/tetipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.arborvitae.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59020184833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chasehr.in/userfiles/file/73383704331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/25509439661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/91096049074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd72d3db7f5---tubedajagafokugemaxasija.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_off0000dba3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA3 17236 bytes
SHA-256: fe3ecbf17b5ac02afe391e85d2d653dae30258888bce0fe7719d943f55f2bbdc
font_01_sfnt_off000108a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A7 10888 bytes
SHA-256: eb5d11821409e10ba5bf2c150d1c51347fa2122bfa9f3aeaea28781ac64569c2
font_02_sfnt_off0001219c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1219C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1