Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5368a1bf2eba4f50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 03:28:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cf8729c78e41a4feccc4d2bb04b2f9ea SHA-1: ae92d4fc945fae89e88888a84436e3e9cbdd73e6 SHA-256: 5368a1bf2eba4f50c938c6093a842cdb6ff9598fb2f9a152d5cb296fa587b56f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs are consistent with a spearphishing attachment designed to lead the user to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/rukuwotowetar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejopusulefojunemoxeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/5980069196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb2cd51623---85309284411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb998d38cb8e9db916cd4b97eeffd3c3/92627312600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showdoimovel.com/files/files/taloganorinavirujopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40785148754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/jamotetizane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/19279501948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarathi.live/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/83654181620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/medoxafesijade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/15368841406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/70280420849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/suwutuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/96919750042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/35835759556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntouioc.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikelexilovabesomavegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bcd6b95bdad235b9d9bb96980489b32/ruxoxagilapidow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c2a94b7c84839626c94c432120946c5/terenirutikuvuguxajareteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvanco.be/docs/files/zijibofenazoxixesojelufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://titishop.co/upload/files/vebikelomome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328f71de159---96345906669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensor4you.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/sizavixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventensis.lt/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41083461543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=snack+video+save+video+downloadPDF 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_off0000dae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE1 17744 bytes
SHA-256: d1ea0c392a76629198d82700cf7ce16a741c5d6252f69ddaec3e586c67796348
font_01_sfnt_off000107e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E5 10484 bytes
SHA-256: b05a857ac64a9ba2d8bf7dc4d4eb55567a366498a441053d7c843f8f8ac2cce6
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1