Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb5d774811440355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-08-12 22:03:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 725bb256b8a94c45528f797b82bb66d4 SHA-1: f75412ec4bca165acf28d08c4d80cf10a520d759 SHA-256: fb5d774811440355c2d1f95e09309eefe1f4239ff2dca7631475275bbf39b429
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/fosezenadow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xulynuocphangiathinh.vn/images/pic/file/zudotosemawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f5600b5f881afdba939feb425ffb646/61879982638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4e91770a7---93789695332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b781d4c7f85---xupenagaxajotalobawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/texureguruvirinozavijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/bovijumebezuwirajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianztc.ro/files/file/sizimilimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/terenagetoxavuwonubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/35492243424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf83e8b4e8---26205700985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4f1f84cff1---28212906410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bixovatoxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/nugazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/zipuwuduzigufanimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yksskj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dujixogowejatopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/46315839404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb561bcee0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/kobukixefuwimafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9609254c14b54b278fabbb850e4a48a1/68026981628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osbqs9hge82v74lh9bn6t7pl66/49899593231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/86363052260986b9114d2e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dothanhigh1970.com/clients/6/63/63ba8bdc6fdca46b25bb56d5732eafc9/File/lolenarozuregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f110fe17965d5e38b53955f0084a5c71/94588227510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=easy+how+to+hack+clash+of+clansPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f909.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF909 17400 bytes
SHA-256: a2ca64f5643e364d05f40ce72b6000e558521e60fc37beb16165973fe4a27baa
font_01_sfnt_off000126b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B0 16620 bytes
SHA-256: 7307651ed740d196879e946f7ecab9c3d4f077ce7b5411ae0a26660fb50324f3
font_02_sfnt_off00013d3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D3C 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 26d01c85c1b022043808e63568f3a300da97dff8c828c9550fbbe4324c4468c2
font_03_sfnt_off000154cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1