Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe5eaf8d55ae80a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f9d8a741a6740f47ee553ac32c8acf31 SHA-1: 498cb6e8bee71f5070406322f77679de4cb401a8 SHA-256: fe5eaf8d55ae80a9554d74680df35415af49c9af1668334cfb164da62cd89c10
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to disposable hosting sites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload or redirect users to a phishing page. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/91423330487.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/76454379748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/dugowotitabidisapebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc602dc41a7---vemexufaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60704894702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.it/file/76886191187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--p3t29jo1ed4o4xw.tw/upload/files/bitafadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pls6scng19rnnpdi22hkn8oacl/52524746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/10428110980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/49076655865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d110784a3---visejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc7de56d1c---dajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/pobonawunoxixeragus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3396a88f321c834473aecfb3fa3b1e68/90729317647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogoxuavanay.vn/uploads/files/fixan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/datararenazubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/nofanezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/poduxefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079530fc1e9f---54952456599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f059d1eb98b---21960005827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dc750a7e210b14d99947e5f8cebfd1c/80394011368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/mumoxufitasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/734c63e0b49c539dc3689c6f0ffe2cee/23001343353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef233dc55e86a4547b20b1661c2b031/29684929622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125c92cb2ee0---majonijofirewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=basic+maths+class+10+sample+paper+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0A 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 2c41e178d884303c837ee723834db8131e09bfd3a39bcd69231d9846a29d1ac2
font_01_sfnt_off000109ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12204 10888 bytes
SHA-256: f939fd5c032762b273a29762589cdde17ef36f4761e9bdc416ba6f9cfeaaaebc