Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5438ab674b38183f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 04:54:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6eaee9376d1feb28622b0163e12fb15c SHA-1: c33f907df394c06b203e72fb6b824bf19ea1d5b7 SHA-256: 5438ab674b38183f3515ac37ef0c6b4f5f1059c7e125b88114e582b033d499e4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calendar+year+100 PDF link annotation
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/64552550756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1a9d68d72---saradugakanosifonulogadud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelharmika.com/assets/userfiles/files/28388423899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47omk485sdmrm8mof2lp0thhf7/55382373419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/litakine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613915aade710---13001362119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vitolexagivezovunogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb-hospital.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/47475351252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibestedu.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/37310570781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalitas.es/userfiles/file/rituwivilujuwaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/74774166252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-property.pl/userfiles/file/92889790726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents/files/dazanoner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruhmann-elektrotechnik.at/28686844274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/sodesepepudolirikafolexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135509e1b2ef---13512642134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stichtingech.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39424544206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents/files/95099312515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-group.com/userfiles/file/24299172008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotoner123.com/home/autotone/public_html/ckeditortest_WORKING/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21151231567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topp.pl/_topp/file/86241137039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propertiesforrent.com/userfiles/file///64440775070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/72374643321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e0a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A2 19880 bytes
SHA-256: 0acdffcecf577dd9fbf5705df4982b1194550683ca0981c6e342ca825fe3d094
font_01_sfnt_off00011568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11568 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7F 10084 bytes
SHA-256: 844778faf7baddf90676b241d57b2c207c7ee3c7523f2f5ef34de0911cd74348