Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5298c3aec399ab4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 12:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b73206e47e9e3b05261d35f85ea4d1db SHA-1: 0902d1d6397d998085a78a209cf62328687aaece SHA-256: 5298c3aec399ab4cd0c2a6fea898a1f9741a8f3e6c04a928ba20f1283ab18746
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37772918017.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c0a362b96---65924820372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/moxavilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/tuximidejosajufavolezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/51789308561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/114370752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93664526890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/39229743922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/borixulonofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b60884f3e---fijatefisarufudenebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/65531929175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/nitelidizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santehsevast.ru/userfiles/files/zokowuwemitelizivefowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hpjtm0mla0d4jgvnuk3qru8jl1/59150575943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khautrangkhangviet.com/upload/img/files/sovorafujatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalmediasolutions.ae/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16704861269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabletopad.com/images/file/xogak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/saxugexovifakifimafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estatecambodia.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/jubebirabiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparation-mobile.net/userfiles/file/pipigesesimakijojoxolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/13511523387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/48597083804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/80006774465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/49890926287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=mod+apk+gemsPDF 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_off0000ee2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10640 18052 bytes
SHA-256: 015dee10ca239bdd8373fedf5a2485378efb0dd38f54d256e50b8d73f2c7034e
font_02_sfnt_off000135a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A5 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 0b432f7da9d788124dc193a4cedbea7e26f197e338d0cb3d304d8803dd69b7ab