Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5ff621b7e8ae913…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-10 05:13:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: db1c80453a1ceb4ebf70fd4a186d04ed SHA-1: bd22386542680f69f3ccf4305d4ef97198b865e5 SHA-256: f5ff621b7e8ae913182743541a38fe83ad1d9269d93120aa3799dfaaaf2487e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing lure or a downloader for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c1a27a8b4---soxoti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/lanimugidubulozabumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/gogawejamekoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitperu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71227738855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbc1osfru16jp5neifd5b68u71/tulemapopepobene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xindeshiye.com/uploadfile/file///2021090209444152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/rebalabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/16897713741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/55125751928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biogenetec.tw/image/files/20210910_072221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmed.vn/upload/files/24965274124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85179045905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/madovati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/fisasulowexumate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatcanidoforyou.eu/publish/file/denusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/jaluwozesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrtowing.ca/Lawyers/userfiles/file/36667107993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/91023795273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cet.sk/res/file/93577616458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58650710287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306ab982e38---29891336935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a70507fee---venigobazokupofififap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/xalumovejomidipapizijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210901170324_129317382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/wakutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/ladezedetikuguvilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=nds+emulator+download+apkPDF 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_off0000b902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB902 10716 bytes
SHA-256: b0c097f863314d5b280ba0a26944b555f3646045d325a2df0abfbca26cb863a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B0 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 2969dfb701e79c996fb30490889b21cbb6245c8ee7aabc74e6f34bad1b31430b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1