Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5107d676285c1156…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:14:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8a0eb46934bee9d73cbbc140d3647d3f SHA-1: 95984f4699b8be5f8815a8cb0d701ac86544237a SHA-256: 5107d676285c115696ae5df82987063602fc14ca4d5aace31de1ca44c3367690
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicate a strong intent to direct users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/vagubulubusikolisarov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/gasirolebedezowixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09d093778e346e828c25249eb60c50b2/lokuzamavivafunapikeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtglass.pl/upload/file/4130422687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmck9lir3norrsh0t9d1k68ptm/63044290053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c027ea178eb---sutulotusopovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/texugitiwavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917378d8360---sobemudakudanetepunilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2607441d6---kasowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1ids9uf7al8mc7srbh0keutt3/36856395746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d6f129ffe6937e132c4ffaf7801dd4/6049381252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e2d9087c3---31739197025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godezibibotonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ba60a6ca---tawazoxalaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bufpjf85hoj9ojoloecc694c7k/76075366865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/483df7d16a9bf70c2be7529d649202cb/dibekibepenoxoziruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5o59bj795hgdtd2lesr62vqt9/84698617242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2a94kdb5qjqvtu8gnvfv7ek97/4662168856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ube2cgb2pktvf6b4ftebcm034b/32110899361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcde9bc173---1936631052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d171bd8af1---fumozopineramejinabam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092adb4c5211---sexulutodilila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cba16f3cc2---mewowubatiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b5c2c61a4---78247747190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec5631i8v40tcenhnjgg9nu5ss/sokanoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=new+drawing+colourfulPDF 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_off0000e92d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001013f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013F 16684 bytes
SHA-256: e269855f32c97c358cd56ca4bc737bb009ed9924da7017da03a97fea7d847b5f
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA1 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 07bd4ba10fcc5e4ef607de9c73a01445d3e8ebab422d193d91c5ef1b2915649e