Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e5b5dc75952d47d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:43:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cfa53d9a25e2cb4d477e6cbb4fb96042 SHA-1: 6c55c533d1258df4388ee87738f614290ca8015c SHA-256: 0e5b5dc75952d47d76fa7bb2efa3ade69fd67a06ff1fcfba3c4c8800e28a1aed
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely to deliver further payloads or harvest credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://debeight.net/UserFiles/File/80248332468.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021070708495273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skinrepublic.vn/webroot/img/files/jemona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/zatenizomefikelafovefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/647880fb0fbbd24254a9ca1b63286704/17453415143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagixuvilogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085751a695e0---86382291805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d3f5d3a5f---vawibonivivoruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0bc6cfba933182b75e62894b03aa6b1/96091652953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/vurigowiwasipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a7854028b---13978177496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160853ee7beed0---77883059879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecab059b991---47866729814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/sulonuzemusajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/rafexefazutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45676236db82d545f4d5cd68273b2c66/82864328863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/zigodumuvipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/66714319438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/2551432700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42c1dhzaq5aeb.com/userfiles/files/gavulojudazuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/wawavategozofavisuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ebcf0e89c---10512813084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f67c7f6957c---jiwusopususogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+the+catcher+in+the+rye+bannedPDF 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_off0001102a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001283c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1283C 17076 bytes
SHA-256: b2a9e1736deda9f52f8f9494a690b3044de3b8eac666a309f2ff0be34b26c904
font_02_sfnt_off0001547e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1547E 10548 bytes
SHA-256: ea778a2249a587b20de9502ff3ce5f0b60cc0218e27aaa484af4c6719edebc45