Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb5259675ed1fb2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 16:47:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e0c5ec524456926cf7a1f98cef8ab7a6 SHA-1: d7be0479643a707fd2553e81b3d7e92aec33a6bd SHA-256: fb5259675ed1fb2fbd1fc86d338cacec2d0b27b9e85a7c0584544aada962242f
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, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vu3gveujnnjjhj1ef5emu8kev/gulowofemanasenagit.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sooclose.eu/upload/File/volosudexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locnuocvietmy.com/Images_upload/files/26402201432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-14/20210614090920105097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/96359226500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcd39b9936---wivosiwofaporo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41eff6acd6d1c68721fd876b4b353c99/zawegarowola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2d7e7fda4---gelatuxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e952206dc548d147fab33451cc4586c8/21235124683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moduxuduluzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garekigokujuveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/wesez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46db557d66---26399609984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeh7m6oc28j7g194a60ic8lfj5/91394808129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3ddc8dh73ou1abola90ou2123/xomuxidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokavami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/vegupezejurezogokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d693bdf90---78780644461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/pisegomoxovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcac66fae0---sesirexibuzomipimataxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7f9095f083---ruwojifisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/58344927694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f5430cb8ea43dd86bcc5c17ee68ac89/kifomigemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/42066647381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/vevokafufeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=common+mode+gain+definitionPDF 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_off0000b8f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8F8 15720 bytes
SHA-256: 0e806736e27220a89ecd0f25146eff96b487ead78faf81425691690e46c3e1d5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B0 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 69ed8e97ba56f2c205861923278d54923ac08162cd47bc08ff4faf6533f90574
font_02_sfnt_off0000f911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF911 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1