Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5238f5a1c38f07a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:32:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c18c4adb530480d129afe8a23f5216e7 SHA-1: b68138e6b418c52a6a7f9b5876cb310955013acc SHA-256: 5238f5a1c38f07a099cc09fc5d203ec0bb4f7b8c700649d789c7bb0fed17b568
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The embedded links point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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 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://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/gabalixisesavenivifibeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://utcsp2.rustyramone.com/uploads/files/kilurulisikiwubabobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pilewixugazuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021090512115573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidichike.com/upload/files/bufinavenevugurawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210912151310_fh8ajm.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/90806411112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/428906780d40bf2187ee00090e02fb6a/gizujowuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dffbecb5b---90385724491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/60334603742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.douggoodkin.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70965695861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0d45156c7---povujirirasapomonoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/6679553945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333f67aa9b0---tabigelosugolumabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/rizoganafunevusibanuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/88638665409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdgvtdp2d4161ckdnhghcod8f0/vubotamatujilapele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirotisogogamodixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiko168.com/UploadFile/file/20210907090840457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/050708249813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/xizasibolexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkrns.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99084492819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santechnikosdarbai.lt/images/files/79619800924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erago.cidees.com/uploads/files/viwagepuzavikumijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f88d00049d---79471658903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hex+to+dec+colorPDF 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_off0000bee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEE3 9928 bytes
SHA-256: 048f79ba442155c1c5370a67054ad808869d51ab2d001c0212aebce55af54c3b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4DF 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 7df64b13cd032206434b74ea9d3fd0af9cb6817083b5e6e1d6006a6084321aa9
font_02_sfnt_off000103d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1