Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5923ce5c0f79bc79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

175.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 14:16:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 597cc794940ff68f6e50926ce2ac6db7 SHA-1: 6e50c064a614cc2cb818a95af941f418e523a4cd SHA-256: 5923ce5c0f79bc7920719445bda4c983be9c40aad189d885dd42074acc19f163
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or SEO poisoning attack, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddc10cb08cc5216f83d4db162a7405ee/58686767153.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://soft-print.pl/app/webroot/media/files/manegenexusesobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857da7de550---bumogiwurazadexixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mifgk5nl0v7kqa3iaddra4ti3/pugonexasotunekopuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210604061841_2075466101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/fokeserivalemese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/tufule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/wulotelegefufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0560af0cd---42220493317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/rejiwosaridelabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/nokubuduxerakaluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44e6fa31fd28ca571d69d66bce06198/77669138643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1884d78e99---74391555218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/jesapaxeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomebedujozowijeviruwijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/271454406102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25250f6f73b3d631d7b5adc5817b22e2/81701432274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b15681068---81881882930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c518693e1---7909378417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714caf655b5---39518074490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents//files/fodelikefadabuvunitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/kidufuwukibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=opencl+programming+guidePDF 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_off000249ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x249AC 20668 bytes
SHA-256: a0095fc754f94fc4aeae0172f041ffd7124caf169560f4651c7857514ade2129
font_01_sfnt_off00027fe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27FE8 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 9162640af6f5b27c8fed0590cfae9ab0e74db133c2139aec80bf97a2cc3d1a41
font_02_sfnt_off0002983f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2983F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1