Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5652f1b6f7c72f26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 05:29:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0bff616aea9a39ecca71a7330bbc351f SHA-1: 27ebbdd0b830132fd5958b836e8804773b7d8226 SHA-256: 5652f1b6f7c72f266c5eedeb8017e1612a60e0119593190196fc3c4fc67e91e3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=el+titanic+notas+de+flauta PDF link annotation
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29929280060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714a02efd70---tudawatilekaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/35179963001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee47ac93815---jaduxijanuvewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santevita-bg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12593287338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1dc2e03075---95655340733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/69808687157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/57577877911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fa6c634a34b3ce81bb71b507049f38c/51682903063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/meviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmajfck2rsu25repe1g18vmej7/narerafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068e074edc31bd0d83099db04be88ccf/57701300179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c26b2950a6451f4000abeb479694df39/gopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/42222226645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c723131ed3d2f29e7dc0c21d78ab804/23525079415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/simotezipikiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/92160652369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50e096b2b6295e2106cedd2b54066d3b/58067154902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizaxirepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f55b04ada---71712464248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/buroxubuwodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/vafuxasinisadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d61344d2d2aabc91f472da3bc0144a34/zopiwenapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v4a1k4qg6nv7ij2v9l32ac013/neguvinaf.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_off0000d3de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3DE 10452 bytes
SHA-256: b285c065069c2bec251369ac741cdc75606aa2540038b6e4921bb906c8ccee8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C9 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 4e57ab997f68d3be4b931c3d8930b56d82b5f3f0ffe2b086449c94def2d7d8fa